------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 892 1994 Oct 12 20.14UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 INTERNET: GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK or GMH at GXVG.AST.CAM.AC.UK ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET MACHHOLZ (1994r) Following the note on E891 regarding the apparent conflicting reports of brightness relating to this new comet, we now understand from Brian Marsden that the Klet confirmation was false, being based on the wrong object. However subsequently the comet has been confirmed at Klet on a sequence of exposures secured on Oct 11 when the comet was described as having a coma of 0.5' diameter and a tail 1' long to the north-northwest. Elements by Brian Marsden: T 1994 Oct 5.5740 TT w 144.44900 ) e 1.00000000 O 249.60300 ) 2000.0 q 1.8397700 A.U. i 102.02700 ) Source: IAUC 6093 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by G.Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 8.0 + 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. 1994 Oct 12.00 8 34.96 +55 9.1 1.657 1.842 83.9 11.7 46 255 13.00 8 32.86 +55 4.4 1.638 1.842 85.0 11.7 48 256 14.00 8 30.65 +54 59.7 1.619 1.843 86.1 11.7 50 256 15.00 8 28.35 +54 54.8 1.601 1.844 87.2 11.7 52 256 16.00 8 25.94 +54 49.9 1.582 1.845 88.3 11.7 55 257 17.00 8 23.42 +54 44.8 1.563 1.845 89.4 11.6 57 257 18.00 8 20.79 +54 39.5 1.544 1.846 90.6 11.6 60 257 19.00 8 18.05 +54 34.0 1.526 1.848 91.8 11.6 62 257 20.00 8 15.18 +54 28.3 1.507 1.849 93.0 11.6 65 257 21.00 8 12.20 +54 22.3 1.488 1.850 94.2 11.5 68 257 22.00 8 9.09 +54 16.0 1.469 1.852 95.5 11.5 71 257 23.00 8 5.85 +54 9.3 1.451 1.853 96.7 11.5 74 257 24.00 8 2.47 +54 2.3 1.432 1.855 98.0 11.5 78 256 25.00 7 58.96 +53 54.7 1.414 1.856 99.4 11.4 81 256 26.00 7 55.32 +53 46.6 1.395 1.858 100.7 11.4 85 256 27.00 7 51.53 +53 38.0 1.377 1.860 102.1 11.4 89 255 28.00 7 47.59 +53 28.7 1.359 1.862 103.5 11.4 92 255 29.00 7 43.51 +53 18.7 1.341 1.864 105.0 11.3 96 254 30.00 7 39.28 +53 7.9 1.323 1.866 106.4 11.3 101 254 31.00 7 34.91 +52 56.2 1.306 1.868 107.9 11.3 105 253 Guy M Hurst