------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 830 1994 Apr 18 21.25UT 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 TAKAMIZAWA-LEVY (1994f) Parabolic orbital elements from MPEC 1994-H02: T = 1994 May 22.602 TT Peri. = 61.791 Node = 306.903 2000.0 q = 1.35790 AU Incl. = 132.993 1994 TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase m1 Apr. 14 21 23.37 + 4 15.2 1.667 1.471 61.0 36.6 9.8 16 21 22.65 + 5 40.2 1.615 1.460 62.8 37.7 9.7 18 21 21.78 + 7 10.6 1.562 1.450 64.6 38.7 9.6 20 21 20.73 + 8 47.1 1.510 1.440 66.4 39.7 9.5 22 21 19.49 +10 30.1 1.458 1.430 68.2 40.7 9.4 24 21 18.02 +12 20.5 1.407 1.422 70.0 41.7 9.3 26 21 16.30 +14 18.7 1.356 1.413 71.7 42.5 9.2 28 21 14.28 +16 25.7 1.307 1.405 73.5 43.4 9.1 30 21 11.93 +18 42.1 1.259 1.398 75.3 44.2 9.0 May 2 21 09.18 +21 08.7 1.212 1.391 77.0 44.9 8.9 4 21 05.96 +23 46.2 1.167 1.385 78.7 45.5 8.8 6 21 02.18 +26 35.2 1.125 1.380 80.4 46.1 8.7 8 20 57.74 +29 36.1 1.084 1.375 82.0 46.6 8.6 IAUC 5975 AK CANCRI Bill Worraker, Didcot, UK reports an outburst of AK Cnc which has been confirmed by Gary Poyner, Birmingham, UK: 1994 Apr 08.885UT, 14.3 (Worraker, 0.26-m reflector) 08.890UT, 14.6 (Poyner, 0.40-m reflector) Guy M Hurst --- 00050 --- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 20:53:39 +0100 (BST)