Circular No. 2242 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Cable Address: SATELLITES, NEWYORK Western Union: RAPID SATELLITE CAMBMASS BD +0 2902 Mr. H. Povenmire, Titusville, Florida, writes: "Reduction of the grazing occultations of 1968 July 30 and November 16 of BD +0 2902 (= S.A.O. 138613 = U.S.N.O. Z11685) shows that the star is almost certainly a previously imdetected binary, the primary being of magnitude about 7.8 and the secondary about 8.4. The spectral class of the secondary is thought to be about F2, or very similar to that of the primary. The separation of the components is estimated to be only slightly under 1".0, so that it should be fairly easy to confirm with any large instrument; the position angle of the secondary seems to be approximtely 208o. In addition, it was estimated that the primary is approximately 2".8 north of the position derived from the Yale zone catalogue: some of the error may be due to the fact that the star is double and to uncertainty in the position of the moon. The first graze was observed by W. Sander and myself near Monterey, Ohio, the second by M. Seslar and myself near Indian Town, Florida." COMET TAGO-SATO-KOSAKA (1969g) Further precise positions have been reported as follows: 1970 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Mag. Observer Jan. 1.03167 19 48 27.87 -53 54 35.8 Potter 2.03711 19 58 58.17 -54 02 22.2 " 3.03842 20 10 10.98 -54 03 42.6 " 4.03183 20 22 01.43 -53 51 43.8 " 6.03259 20 41 58.00 -53 19 30.8 " 7.03538 21 01 57.33 -52 44 45.6 " 8.03400 21 16 21.11 -51 58 00.4 " 9.03751 21 31 30.18 -50 57 21.0 " 10.03416 21 46 49.31 -49 42 00.6 " 11.04240 22 02 32.01 -48 09 09.1 " 12.03549 22 18 01.02 -46 19 41.6 " 13.03690 22 33 46.14 -44 10 35.5 " 14.04315 22 49 19.49 -41 40 48.8 " 15.03695 23 04 22.03 -38 53 12.3 " 16.07517 23 19 31.81 -35 31 27.4 " 18.03981 23 46 54.19 -28 36 38.7 " 29.02337 1 35 54.30 +12 15 22.6 " 31.03489 1 49 16.04 +11 20 14.7 " Feb. 1.03422 1 55 24.21 +19 33 41.9 " 2.03770 2 01 15.13 +21 36 28.8 " 3.03916 2 06 48.03 +23 28 46.7 " 4.04057 2 12 05.26 +25 11 43.7 " 6.04022 2 21 56.80 +28 13 00.1 " 24.83091 3 27 52.98 +42 27 57.1 Soulie 24.83784 3 27 53.97 +42 28 08.1 " 24.84476 3 27 55.16 +42 28 17.7 " 27.89786 3 36 16.04 +43 36 40.4 " 27.90825 3 36 17.72 +43 36 53.7 " 27.91864 3 36 19.44 +43 37 06.6 " Mar. 1.86400 3 41 24.17 +44 15 34.2 " 1.87439 3 41 25.79 +44 15 46.7 " 1.88478 3 41 28.77 +44 15 48.1 " 9.86363 4 01 10.43 +46 23 34.6 " 9.87402 4 01 11.95 +46 23 43.6 " 9.88441 4 01 13.30 +46 23 51.8 " 16.47396 4 16 33.2 +47 43 01 13 Seki 16.51528 4 16 39.9 +47 43 34 " 29.83213 4 46 04.58 +49 37 49.6 Mrkos 30.83380 4 48 13.41 +49 44 39.4 " 31.82841 4 50 22.00 +49 51 15.7 " Apr. 1.80418 4 52 27.45 +49 57 39.7 " 3.80672 4 56 44.39 +50 10 02.8 " 5.82738 5 01 02.14 +50 21 51.2 " 8.88647 5 07 30.77 +50 38 34.6 " 10.81897 5 11 34.42 +50 48 41.9 " H. Potter and A. Lokalov (National Observatory, Santiago). Cerro El Roble station, Maksutov telescope. Measurers: C. Torres, M. Wischniewsky and J. Petit. Computer: H. Wroblewski. G. Soulie (Bordeaux University Observatory, Floirac). T. Seki (Kochi Observatory). 22-cm f/5 camera. A. Mrkos (Klet Observatory). 40-cm f/2.6 Maksutov telescope. Mr. I. Hasegawa, Nara, Japan, supplies the following information concerning possible meteor radiants (equinox 1950.0), from the ascending and descending nodes, respectively: Jan. 2: R.A. = 230o.6, Decl. = -56o.5. V = 48.0 km/s, r-R = -0.001 AU July 4: R.A. = 307o.0, Decl. = +22o.1. V = 48.2 km/s, r-R = -0.106 AU CORRIGENDA IAUC 2231: Interstellar Carbon Monoxide. Line 14. For 390K read 300K IAUC 2235: Nova Aquilae 1970. Line 3. For proper read probable. 1970 May 12 (2242) Brian G. Marsden
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