------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1075 1996 May 12 09.36UT 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 C/1996 B2 (HYAKUTAKE) Revised orbital elements by Brian Marsden: T 1996 May 1.3965 TT w 130.19960 ) e 0.99963500 O 188.04380 ) 2000.0 q 0.2301030 A.U. i 124.91470 ) Source: MPC 27080 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris extension by Guy Hurst using EPH.EXE by Nick James: m = 5.5 + 5.0 log R + 10.0 log r Date R.A. (2000) Dec. R r Elong Mag. Motion h m o ' (AU) (AU) o "/hr P.A. 1996 May 12.00 2 24.79 +4 32.3 1.230 0.422 18.6 2.2 224 169 13.00 2 25.96 +3 5.2 1.224 0.447 20.4 2.4 221 168 14.00 2 27.27 +1 39.5 1.219 0.473 22.1 2.7 219 166 15.00 2 28.70 +0 15.2 1.213 0.498 23.7 2.9 217 165 16.00 2 30.25 -1 8.0 1.207 0.523 25.4 3.1 215 164 17.00 2 31.90 -2 30.3 1.201 0.548 27.0 3.3 214 163 18.00 2 33.64 -3 51.8 1.195 0.573 28.6 3.5 214 162 19.00 2 35.48 -5 12.7 1.188 0.598 30.2 3.6 213 161 20.00 2 37.41 -6 33.0 1.182 0.623 31.8 3.8 213 160 21.00 2 39.42 -7 53.0 1.176 0.647 33.3 4.0 213 159 22.00 2 41.51 -9 12.6 1.170 0.671 34.9 4.1 214 158 23.00 2 43.68 -10 31.9 1.164 0.695 36.4 4.3 214 158 24.00 2 45.93 -11 51.0 1.159 0.719 37.9 4.4 215 157 25.00 2 48.26 -13 10.1 1.153 0.743 39.4 4.5 215 156 26.00 2 50.66 -14 29.0 1.148 0.766 40.9 4.6 216 156 27.00 2 53.13 -15 47.9 1.143 0.789 42.4 4.8 217 155 28.00 2 55.68 -17 6.8 1.139 0.812 43.9 4.9 218 155 29.00 2 58.31 -18 25.7 1.134 0.835 45.3 5.0 219 154 30.00 3 1.02 -19 44.5 1.130 0.857 46.7 5.1 220 154 31.00 3 3.80 -21 3.4 1.127 0.880 48.2 5.2 221 153 1996 June 1.00 3 6.66 -22 22.3 1.123 0.902 49.6 5.3 221 153 2.00 3 9.60 -23 41.2 1.120 0.924 51.0 5.4 222 153 3.00 3 12.63 -25 0.1 1.118 0.946 52.4 5.5 223 152 4.00 3 15.74 -26 18.9 1.116 0.967 53.8 5.6 224 152 5.00 3 18.93 -27 37.6 1.114 0.989 55.1 5.7 224 151 6.00 3 22.21 -28 56.2 1.113 1.010 56.5 5.8 225 151 7.00 3 25.59 -30 14.6 1.112 1.032 57.8 5.9 225 151 8.00 3 29.06 -31 32.9 1.111 1.053 59.1 6.0 225 150 9.00 3 32.63 -32 50.8 1.112 1.073 60.4 6.0 225 150 10.00 3 36.29 -34 8.4 1.112 1.094 61.7 6.1 225 149 We would much appreciate it if our southern hemisphere observers could continue to e-mail observations to make the already large database of observations as complete as possible. Guy M Hurst