------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1125 1996 Sep 15 12.30UT 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 C/1996 R1 (HERGENROTHER-SPAHR) The comet on E1124 has been designated as above. Orbital elements: T 1996 Aug 28.5660 TT w 139.25000 ) e 1.00000000 O 149.64800 ) 2000.0 q 1.9009600 A.U. i 145.87600 ) (IAUC 6471) Ephemeris by G.Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 9.0 + 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 Sept 15.00 23 4.96 +31 31.9 1.001 1.913 144.9 11.8 284 231 16.00 22 58.16 +30 18.4 0.998 1.915 145.9 11.8 287 229 17.00 22 51.51 +29 2.8 0.995 1.916 146.7 11.8 288 228 18.00 22 45.01 +27 45.2 0.994 1.918 147.3 11.8 290 227 19.00 22 38.68 +26 26.1 0.994 1.920 147.7 11.8 290 226 20.00 22 32.52 +25 5.6 0.996 1.921 147.8 11.8 289 226 21.00 22 26.54 +23 44.3 0.998 1.923 147.7 11.8 288 225 22.00 22 20.75 +22 22.3 1.003 1.925 147.3 11.9 285 224 23.00 22 15.15 +21 0.0 1.008 1.927 146.8 11.9 282 223 24.00 22 9.75 +19 37.8 1.014 1.929 146.0 11.9 278 222 25.00 22 4.54 +18 15.9 1.022 1.931 145.0 11.9 274 222 26.00 21 59.52 +16 54.7 1.031 1.934 143.9 11.9 269 221 27.00 21 54.70 +15 34.3 1.041 1.936 142.6 12.0 263 221 28.00 21 50.07 +14 15.0 1.053 1.938 141.2 12.0 257 220 29.00 21 45.62 +12 57.0 1.065 1.941 139.8 12.0 250 219 30.00 21 41.37 +11 40.6 1.079 1.943 138.2 12.1 244 219 COMET P/1996 R2 (LAGERKVIST) Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, Uppsala Observatory, reports his discovery of a comet on a Schmidt plate taken on Sept. 10 at the ESO. 1996 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Sept.10.11667 22 35 48.5 -12 40 30 17 12.08358 22 34 30.69 -12 46 31.5 Orbital elements: T 1997 Jan 30.5500 TT w 339.83000 ) e 0.36850000 O 40.72000 ) 2000.0 q 2.4783000 A.U. i 2.55000 ) (IAUC 6474) m = 11.5 + 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 Sept 15.00 22 32.63 -12 54.2 1.661 2.636 162.2 16.8 24 254 16.00 22 32.02 -12 56.7 1.663 2.634 161.1 16.8 23 255 17.00 22 31.41 -12 59.2 1.665 2.632 160.0 16.8 23 255 18.00 22 30.82 -13 1.5 1.668 2.630 158.9 16.8 22 255 19.00 22 30.24 -13 3.6 1.670 2.628 157.8 16.8 22 256 20.00 22 29.68 -13 5.7 1.673 2.626 156.7 16.8 21 256 21.00 22 29.13 -13 7.6 1.676 2.624 155.6 16.8 20 257 22.00 22 28.60 -13 9.5 1.680 2.621 154.5 16.8 20 257 23.00 22 28.08 -13 11.1 1.683 2.619 153.4 16.8 19 258 24.00 22 27.59 -13 12.7 1.687 2.617 152.3 16.8 18 258 25.00 22 27.11 -13 14.1 1.691 2.615 151.2 16.8 18 259 26.00 22 26.65 -13 15.4 1.696 2.613 150.1 16.8 17 259 27.00 22 26.21 -13 16.6 1.700 2.611 149.1 16.8 16 260 28.00 22 25.79 -13 17.6 1.705 2.609 148.0 16.8 15 261 29.00 22 25.38 -13 18.4 1.710 2.607 146.9 16.8 14 262 30.00 22 25.00 -13 19.2 1.715 2.605 145.8 16.8 14 263 Guy M Hurst