THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 808 1994 Jan 10 20.06UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England. Telephone/FAX(0256)471074 Int:+44256471074 TELEX: 9312111261 Answerback: TA G TELECOM GOLD: 10074:MIK2885 GMH at UK.AC.RUTHERFORD.STARLINK.ASTROPHYSICS STARLINK: RLSAC::GMH GMH at UK.AC.CAM.ASTRONOMY.STARLINK STARLINK: CAVAD::GMH ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET KUSHIDA (1994a) S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, reports that Yoshio Kushida has discovered a new comet on Technical Pan 6415 film. The following observations have been reported: 1994 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Observer Jan. 8.80868 9 45 52.0 + 3 10 43 13.5 Kushida 8.84896 9 45 52.8 + 3 10 17 " 9.52853 9 46 19.22 + 3 03 23.8 12.5 Kojima 9.54000 9 46 19.59 + 3 03 16.8 " 9.54728 9 46 19.82 + 3 03 12.3 " 9.55382 9 46 20.24 + 3 03 08.4 12.5 Urata 9.56111 9 46 20.27 + 3 03 03.6 " 9.56366 9 46 20.44 + 3 03 02.6 11.9 Nakamura 9.56875 9 46 20.59 + 3 02 59.5 " 9.57431 9 46 20.76 + 3 02 56.0 " 9.57663 9 46 20.75 + 3 02 53.3 Kobayashi 9.58205 9 46 20.90 + 3 02 49.8 " 9.58569 9 46 21.00 + 3 02 47.7 " 9.64286 9 46 22.73 + 3 02 13.8 13.2 Kawanishi 9.64601 9 46 22.90 + 3 02 12.1 " 9.64899 9 46 22.93 + 3 02 09.3 " Y. Kushida (Yatsugatake South Base Observatory). 0.10-m f/4.0 patrol camera. Comet has strong central condensation with coma diameter about 1'-2'; object near edge of patrol film, making positions somewhat uncertain. IAUC 5918 MISSING CIRCULARS It is inevitable that at the mailing of each circular various problems will result in non-delivery of that issue to some mailboxes. Although we are regularly told the local system was not 'down' it is apparent the message can also fail anywhere on route via the numerous gateways/machines involved. As some of these systems do not generate a detailed 'failure' report we cannot always identify which recipient was affected and attempt to re-send. Please monitor the numbers and if one remains missing e-mail the Editor who can re-send any of the most recent 20 which remain stored in the system. If anyone also has a backup alternative e-mail address using a different gateway or machine please advise us so we can re-send to this if necessary.