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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1820     2002 Oct 31 06.51 UT
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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EDITOR'S ABSENCE
The editor will be away and unavailable from this morning
(Thursday, October 31) and will return on November 4. During that
period please contact Nick James (contact details in TA) with any
URGENT messages (eg discoveries) but also please place a copy
message with details in the editor's mailbox. Replies to routine
mail will, of course, be subject to some delay upon my return
whilst the backlog is cleared.

COMET P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)
Peter Birtwhistle, Great Shefford, England, has reported that his
images of an object detected by NEAT/LINEAR and posted on the NEOCP
page appears to be a comet. His CCD images taken with a 0.3-m
reflector on 2002 Oct 27.9UT show two faint, thin, straight tails
in PA 107 (36" long) and PA 310 (39" long) and a nuclear
condensation with diameter about 8".
The following discovery details are from IAUC 8002
     2002 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m2    Observer
     Oct.  4.49860    1 15 17.65   +10 51 00.9   20.1   NEAT
           7.25970    1 14 01.38   +10 36 52.1   19.4   LINEAR  

COMET C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
Peter Birtwhistle also reports that his images of an object,
reported as asteroidal by LINEAR, shows it to be of cometary
appearance. CCD images taken on 2002 Oct 28.0UT show the object to
be slightly 'softer' than stars of similar brightness.
The discovery position is from IAUC 8003.

     2002 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m2
     Oct. 14.41856    6 03 49.91   +27 50 02.7   17.5

Guy M Hurst