Circular No. 2797 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 COMET KOBAYASHI-BERGER-MILON (1975h) Dr. K. Osawa, Director of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, has cabled the observation by Matsumoto et al. below of a "probable" comet discovered by Toru Kobayashi, Imadate, Fukui; no motion was specified. The comet was independently discovered by Douglas Berger, Union City, California; and Dr. D. E. Osterbrock, Director of the Lick Observatory, reports observations by E. A. Harlan and A. R. Klemola. A further independent discovery has been made by Dennis Milon, observing from Mount Washburn, Wyoming. 1975 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. m1 Observer July 2.70903 21 47.0 - 7 24 8 Matsumoto et al. 5.34028 21 39 - 4 7 Berger 5.4357 21 39.0 - 3 49 7 Harlan 6.32778 21 36.1 - 2 27 7 Klemola 6.35069 21 36 - 2.5 7 Berger 6.46597 21 35.5 - 2 13 Klemola 6.50694 21 32.0 - 2 20 9 Yoshida 7.35417 21 33 - 0 40 7.5 Milon Matsumoto, Fujii and Harada (Japan). Object diffuse without condensation or nucleus, nothing reported about a tail. D. Berger (Union City, California). Object diffuse with condensation (more diffuse on July 6 than on July 5). E. A. Harlan and A. R. Klemola (Lick Observatory). 10-cm camera and 51-cm double astrograph. Object diffuse with condensation, tail < 1o. Yoshida (Japan). Object diffuse without condensation, nothing reported about a tail. Communicated by K. Osawa. D. Milon (Mount Washburn, Wyoming). Object diffuse with condensation, no tail. Coma diameter 10'. Hourly motion 6' northward. PERIODIC COMET SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 2 (1973l) Observations by R. E. McCrosky and G. Schwartz at Harvard Observatory's Agassiz Station (plates measured by J. H. Bulger): 1975 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Observer Apr. 18.10537 12 25 32.56 + 3 07 13.2 McCrosky 29.14348 12 20 39.34 + 3 29 31.1 Schwartz 1975 July 7 (2797) Brian G. Marsden
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