------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1239 1997 Oct 06 19.02UT 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 1997 T1 S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, reports the visual discovery of a comet by Syogo Utsunomiya on Oct. 3. Though Utsunomiya saw no tail, most of the CCD astrometrists below report a tail 4'-12' long in PA 130: 1997 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Observer Oct. 3.559 23 27 +72 42 10.5 Utsunomiya 5.524 22 40 +71 58 10.5 " 5.65312 22 37 00.39 +71 53 19.3 10.5 Kobayashi 5.65903 22 36 52.53 +71 53 05.9 Kojima 5.66062 22 36 50.40 +71 53 02.3 10.9 " 5.66134 22 36 49.43 +71 53 00.6 Kushida 5.66388 22 36 45.79 +71 52 55.3 " 5.69529 22 36 02.55 +71 51 46.8 11.2 Ikari 5.69924 22 35 57.22 +71 51 38.4 " 5.76193 22 34 33.59 +71 49 21.2 Galad 5.76336 22 34 31.80 +71 49 18.1 " 5.76421 22 34 30.40 +71 49 16.8 Ticha 5.76461 22 34 29.92 +71 49 15.7 11.2 Galad 5.76525 22 34 28.96 +71 49 14.6 Ticha 5.76608 22 34 27.86 +71 49 12.7 11.0 " S. Utsunomiya (Azamihara, Minami-Oguni cho, Aso-gun, Kumamoto-ken). 25x150 binoculars. Coma diameter 2'. J. Kobayashi (Kumamoto). Coma dia 1' with strong condensation. T. Kojima (Chiyoda). Coma diameter 1'.7 with strong condensation. Y. Kushida (Yatsugatake South Base Observatory). Y. Ikari (Moriyama). J. Ticha and M. Tichy (Klet). Coma diameter 3'.5. A. Galad and A. Pravda (Modra). Poor reference-star distribution. IAUC 6751 (extract) AGM PROGRAMMES As I appear to be experiencing difficulties with postal deliveries can I again ask anyone who has sent a booking and not received a programme to e-mail immediately with details of amount sent, names of persons attending, number of lunches booked, and date booking despatched. Guy M Hurst