------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 842 1994 May 23 20.49UT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVA SAGITTARII 1994 No. 2 Yukio Sakurai (Mito, Ibaragi, Japan) reports his discovery of a nova on SG400 patrol films taken with a 300-mm camera lens and provides the following position: R.A. = 18h27m28s, Decl. = -17o14'.2 (equinox 1950.0). Magnitude estimates: May 16.733 UT, [11.5 (Sakurai); 20.710, 10.8 (Sakurai); 22.603, 11.4 (S. Takahashi, Shiga, Japan; visual); 22.620, 11.6 (M. Watanabe, Toyama, Japan; visual). IAUC 5993 COMET SHOEMAKER (1994k) Elements for the comet reported on E841: T 1994 Jan 30.0870 TT w 84.12400 ) e 1.00000000 O 110.88000 ) 2000.0 q 1.7748400 A.U. i 11.28800 ) Source: IAUC 5992 Positions are geocentric Ephemeris by Hurst using EPH.EXE by N.James: m = 12.5 + 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 May 23.00 17 17.32 -10 21.7 1.303 2.275 158.5 16.6 25 241 28.00 17 14.18 -10 47.3 1.325 2.313 163.0 16.8 27 241 1994 June 2.00 17 10.88 -11 15.0 1.354 2.352 166.7 16.9 28 240 7.00 17 7.58 -11 44.4 1.388 2.392 168.9 17.0 28 238 12.00 17 4.40 -12 15.2 1.429 2.432 168.5 17.1 27 235 17.00 17 1.47 -12 47.0 1.475 2.473 165.8 17.3 26 232 22.00 16 58.89 -13 19.4 1.528 2.514 162.0 17.4 24 227 27.00 16 56.72 -13 52.1 1.587 2.556 157.6 17.6 22 221 1994 July 2.00 16 55.03 -14 24.8 1.651 2.598 153.0 17.7 19 213 7.00 16 53.84 -14 57.3 1.721 2.641 148.3 17.9 17 203 12.00 16 53.19 -15 29.3 1.797 2.684 143.7 18.1 16 190 17.00 16 53.08 -16 0.8 1.877 2.728 139.1 18.2 16 176 22.00 16 53.51 -16 31.5 1.961 2.771 134.6 18.4 16 162 27.00 16 54.46 -17 1.3 2.050 2.815 130.2 18.6 17 150 Guy M Hurst --- 00078 --- Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 15:23:51 +0200