Circular No. 5382
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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COMET 1991b1
     Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and David H. Levy report their
discovery, on 0.46-m Schmidt films taken at Palomar, of a fast-
moving comet.  Approximate positions follow:
 
     1991 UT           R.A. (1950) Decl.        m1
     Nov.  7.190       0 07.0      - 1 35      13
           9.193       0 11.5      + 1 50
          10.156       0 14.3      + 3 33
 
The comet is strongly condensed on the films, with a coma of diamet-
er about 30".  On Nov. 10.16, there was a tail about 1' long toward
the east; at about this same time, Levy estimated m1 = 12.7 visually
in a 0.15-m reflector.
 
 
SUPERNOVA 1991be IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
     R. H. McNaught, Anglo-Australian Observatory, reports his dis-
covery of a supernova (mag about 18.5) on a J plate taken by M. J.
Drinkwater with the U.K. Schmidt Telescope on Nov. 7.4 UT.  The sup-
ernova is situated towards the edge of the galaxy, offset from the
center by 7" west and 1" south.  Coordinates for the supernova are
R.A. = 21h30m03s.90, Decl. = -42 26'05".3 (equinox 1950.0, uncer-
tainty 0".5 in each coordinate).  Images appear on U.K. Schmidt J
plates taken by S. M. Hughes on Oct. 31.4 and Nov. 1.4 when it was
somewhat fainter at mag about 19.  A nearby star of mag about 17.5
is at R.A. = 21h30m08s.27, Decl. = -42 25'48".8.
 
 
PERIODIC COMET FAYE (1991n)
     Total visual magnitude estimates (cf. IAUC 5362):  Oct. 12.25
UT, 9.8 (R. Keen, Mt. Thorodin, CO, 0.32-m reflector; 4' tail);
14.11, 9.0 (V. F. de Assis Neto, Sao Francisco de Oliveira, Brazil,
10x70 binoculars); 15.99, 9.5 (A. Pereira, Cabo da Roca, Portugal,
0.15-m reflector); 20.06, 9.9 (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway,
0.20-m reflector); 29.83, 9.7 (H. Mikuz, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia,
20x60 binoculars); Nov. 1.89, 9.3 (M. Cavagna, Passo San Marco,
Italy, 20x80 binoculars); 3.26, 9.2 (C. S. Morris, Pine Mountain
Club, CA, 20x80 binoculars; 20' tail in p.a. 270 deg); 7.98, 9.6 (J.
Carvajal, Madrid, Spain, 0.30-m reflector); 9.17, 9.3 (C. Spratt,
Victoria, BC, 0.20-m reflector).
 
 
1991 November 10                                  Daniel W. E. Green