From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!whuxk!houxi!ihps3!ixn5c!inuxc!fred Newsgroups: net.space Title: Comet Austin Article-I.D.: inuxc.371 Posted: Tue Sep 7 08:25:17 1982 Received: Wed Sep 8 06:10:58 1982 Comet Austin is still on course but has dimmed to about magnitude 6.2. I observed it on Sept 4 about 9 pm EST. For those who wish to search for it this week it will be within a few degrees of the star Beta Canes Venatici which is sometimes known as Chara. It will be hard to see with field glasses unless you have a observing sight well away from city lights. For people who have been bitten by the comet bug another comet, comet D'arrest, will pass within a degree of M-9 the evening of sept 7th. It however is only 10th or 11th magnitude at this time. It should brighten through the month of September.