IAU 5992
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                                                  Circular No. 5992




Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Telephone 617-495-7244/7440/7444 (for emergency use only)
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MARSDEN@CFA or GREEN@CFA (.SPAN, .BITNET or .HARVARD.EDU)


COMET SHOEMAKER (1994k)
     The following additional precise positions have been reported:

     1994 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        m1    Observer   
     May  22.22575   17 17 45.89   -10 18 00.8   18.0   di Cicco
          22.23167   17 17 45.76   -10 18 02.6   19.0     "
          22.23797   17 17 45.46   -10 18 03.0   18.5     "
          22.75573   17 17 26.72   -10 20 35.5   16.6   Nakamura
          22.76146   17 17 26.51   -10 20 36.5            "

D. di Cicco (Sudbury, MA).  0.28-m Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
A. Nakamura (Kuma Kogen, Japan).  Communicated by S. Nakano.

     The following parabolic orbital elements by B. G. Marsden,
from 10 observations (May 14-22), are necessarily indeterminate; it
is possible that this comet is of short period.

     T = 1994 Jan. 30.087 TT          Peri. =  84.124
                                      Node  = 110.880   2000.0
     q = 1.77494 AU                   Incl. =  11.288

1994 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.   Delta     r    Elong. Phase    m1 
May  18    17 20.16   - 9 58.4   1.286   2.238  153.7   11.6   16.5
     23    17 17.30   -10 21.7   1.303   2.275  158.5    9.4   16.6
     28    17 14.15   -10 47.3   1.325   2.313  163.0    7.4   16.8
June  2    17 10.86   -11 14.9   1.354   2.352  166.7    5.7   16.9
      7    17 07.56   -11 44.4   1.388   2.392  168.9    4.7   17.0
     12    17 04.38   -12 15.1   1.429   2.432  168.5    4.8   17.1
     17    17 01.45   -12 46.9   1.475   2.473  165.8    5.8   17.3
     22    16 58.87   -13 19.3   1.528   2.514  162.0    7.2   17.4
     27    16 56.70   -13 52.0   1.587   2.556  157.6    8.7   17.6


COMET TAKAMIZAWA-LEVY (1994f)
     Total visual magnitude estimates:  Apr. 21.35 UT, 9.6 (J. E.
Bortle, Stormville, NY, 0.32-m reflector); May 9.04, 8.7 (K.
Sarneczky, Raktanya, Hungary, 20x60 binoculars); 12.04, 8.7 (A.
Diepvens, Balen, Belgium, 0.15-m refractor); 14.35, 8.8 (C. S.
Morris, Pine Mountain Club, CA, 20x80 binoculars); 22.25, 8.3 (C.
E. Spratt, Victoria, BC, 0.20-m reflector).


1994 May 23                    (5992)            Daniel W. E. Green