THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 372 1989 Dec 22 20.06UT Microlink:MAG60138 JANET:GMH at UK.AC.RO-GREENWICH.STARLINK Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16, Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP, England. Telephone: (0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 Telex: 94082518 Answerback: TAGUY ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET GEORGE (1989e1) Further positions: m1 Observer Dec 20.39410UT RA 19h56m40.43s DEC +25 45'09.1 11.0 Hayakawa 21.09375 19 57 58.49 +25 50 00.1 11.5 Skiff 22.77 20 01.2m +26 01' 10.7 Hurst Hurst reports that his observation with 0.44-m refl showed the coma diameter as 2', DC5. IAUC 4928 (in part) P/COMET SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 3 (1989d1) J.Luu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; D.Jewitt and S.Ridgway, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii; and J.Gibson, OAO Corporation and Jet Propulsion Laboratory report independent recoveries of this comet Dec 4-12 at about m2=21. Indicated correction of T=-0.05 day (elements MPC 12122). IAUC 4923 COMET AUSTIN (1989c1) Improved parabolic elements: T=1990 Apr 9.725 ET Peri= 61.419 Node= 75.548 (1950) q=0.34984 AU Incl= 58.876 IAUC 4926