---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 18:13:52 +0100 From: Denis Buczynski To: gmh@astro1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk Subject: E2030 URGENT -----Original message----- Subject: E2030 URGENT To: denis@cb978iau.demon.co.uk From: Denis Buczynski Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 18:10:55 +0100 Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------- --------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2030 2004 Aug 28 17:00UT 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.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- IAUC 8394 REPORTS COMET 2004 Q2 Donald Edward Machholz reports his visual discovery of a comet (his tenth) with a 0.15-m f/8 reflector, at 30x, on Aug. 27.467 UT. 2004 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag. Observer Aug. 27.511 4 16.8 -22 20 11.2 Machholz Aug. 27.660 4 16 28.5 -22 22 50 Garradd 27.70611 4 16 32.06 -22 23 01.5 McNaught 27.70738 4 16 32.16 -22 23 01.9 " 27.70867 4 16 32.27 -22 23 02.4 " 27.81640 4 16 40.50 -22 23 36.4 " 27.81766 4 16 40.59 -22 23 36.8 " 27.81894 4 16 40.69 -22 23 37.2 " D. E. Machholz (Colfax, CA). Coma diameter 2' moderate degree of condensation (position and physical measurements made with a 0.25-m reflector at 64x). Motion < 1 deg/day eastward. G. Garradd (Siding Spring). 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt telescope + CCD. Coma diameter 1', with a 3' tail in p.a. about 320 deg. Position rough (center of comet uncertain within overexposed coma). R. H. McNaught and G. Garradd (Siding Spring). 1.0-m f/8 reflector + CCD; 6' tail in p.a. 245 deg (10-sec exposure); magnitude of nuclear condensation 14.4. (C) Copyright 2004 CBAT 2004 August 27 (8394) Daniel W. E. Green -- Denis Buczynski -----End of original message from Denis Buczynski----- -- Denis Buczynski