------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1249 1997 Nov 04 19.56UT 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 V1 Jeff Larsen reports his discovery of a comet with the 0.91-m Spacewatch telescope at Kitt Peak. Selected observations: 1997 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Observer Nov. 3.22743 0 14 11.99 +12 28 59.4 Larsen 3.37636 0 14 09.97 +12 28 02.8 16.7 " 3.96399 0 14 03.10 +12 24 22.5 16.0 Tichy 3.97039 0 14 02.98 +12 24 20.2 " J. Larsen (Kitt Peak). Measurer J. V. Scotti. Coma diameter 14"; tail extends 0'.89 in p.a. 258 deg; m_2 = 19.2-19.7. M. Tichy and Z. Moravec (Klet). 0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD. Measurer Tichy. Coma diameter 11"; no tail. Not very good seeing. IAUC 6767 (extract) EF PEGASI (=Q1997/079) Janet Mattei, AAVSO reports that Thomas Burrows of Novato, CA, USA has detected an outburst of the UG star EF Pegasi. On Nov 2.19UT Burrows estimated it at magnitude 11.4. Other selected observations: Nov 2.71, 11.1 (Patrick Schmeer, Germany) 3.08, 11.2 (G.Hanson, USA) 3.16, 10.9 (R.Royer, USA) 3.79, 11.3 (Muyllaert, Belgium) AAVSO Alert Notice 242 (extract) The last detected outburst was in 1995 Jan. Observers are reminded to exercise care in view of the close companion of magnitude 12.4 at PA 305deg. Guy M Hurst