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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1097     1996 July 11 20.49UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
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COMET C/1996 N1 (BREWINGTON)
Martin Mobberley provides the following visibility report for
this comet (cf E1094):
The comet is an evening object virtually on the horizon at 2300 UT
from the UK at present. It climbs rapidly North and East in the
next few weeks but although it achieves 15 degrees altitude in the
WNW evening twilight by July 20th, the crescent Moon is already
fattening towards first quarter on July 23rd.
Full Moon is on July 30th.
The comet continues to climb higher into the NNW evening sky but
the Moon does not get out of the way until about August 4th when,
at 2200 UT (moonrise) the Comet will be at a very nice altitude of
30 degrees and still around mag 10, on the borders of Coma
Berenices & Canes Venatica.
The comet continues to gain in altitude as Autumn evenings draw in
and is at the zenith in N.Cygnus by 1930 UT in early October.
However, by then it will have faded to 12th mag.
>From August to October it travels through Bootes, Draco and
Northern Cygnus.

DM LYRAE (=Q1996/046)
Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK reports an outburst of DM Lyr:
1996 July 5.977UT, [14.8
          7.043,    14.5
This has been confirmed by Tonny Vanmunster, Belgium using an
unfiltered CCD: 7.056, 15.0. (CVC 98).

Guy M Hurst