------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1028 1995 Dec 27 19.03UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET 1995 Y1 H. Sato, National Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo; and S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, report the visual discovery by Yuji Hyakutake of a comet. The discoverer, based at Hayato, Aira-gun, Kagoshima-ken used 25x150B for the discovery and described the comet as diffuse and of diameter 3.5 arc-minutes. 1995 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Observer Dec. 25.861 14 17 42 -24 50.7 10.5 Hyakutake 26.82698 14 21 15.71 -24 41 43.4 11 Kojima 26.82871 14 21 16.01 -24 41 43.4 " 26.83044 14 21 16.36 -24 41 41.9 " 26.83125 14 21 16.78 -24 41 40.2 10.5 Kushida 26.83403 14 21 17.36 -24 41 39.9 " 26.83681 14 21 17.99 -24 41 36.6 " 26.83830 14 21 18.21 -24 41 36.6 Kojima IAUC 6279 MISSING CIRCULARS Due to problems involving the mailing of these circulars from Rutherford during the last day or so, it is possible some subscribers have not received all messages. Please check if all circulars to No 1028 have been received and also a special 'QUIZ' circular issued on Dec 25. If any are missing please e-mail requests for replacements to the DEMON mailbox as detailed in the header of this circular. Guy M Hurst