------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1116 1996 Aug 21 21.25UT 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 WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET 1996 Q1 Vello Tabur, Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory, reports his discovery of a comet. The following observations are available: 1996 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Observer Aug. 19.6951 4 44 30 - 9 23.2 10 Tabur 19.8000 4 44 42 - 9 22.4 " 20.7361 4 46 12 - 9 02.9 " 21.10556 4 46 44.91 - 8 55 52.2 11.1 Mikuz 21.11506 4 46 45.85 - 8 55 41.1 " 21.12133 4 46 46.38 - 8 55 36.9 " 21.12574 4 46 46.78 - 8 55 28.3 " 21.45 4 47.5 - 8 49 10.0 Hale V. Tabur (Wanniassa, A.C.T.). 0.20-m f/4.7 reflector. Circular coma of diameter 3' with little or no condensation. H. Mikuz (Crni Vrh Observatory). 0.20-m f/2 Baker-Schmidt telescope + CCD + V filter. Coma diameter 4'.5, moderately condensed. A. Hale (Cloudcroft, NM). 0.41-m reflector (visual). Coma diameter 3'.5. IAUC 6455 (extract) EDITOR'S RETURN The editor has returned from holiday and would like to thank Martin Mobberley for holding the fort whilst I was away in Canada. There are currently 323 e-mail and 102 snail-mail messages awaiting reading or answering which will take a long time to clear. If any message was urgent please re-send with 'URGENT' in the subject line. Guy M Hurst