From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ixn5c!inuxc!fred
Newsgroups: net.space
Title: Austin Report
Article-I.D.: inuxc.333
Posted: Thu Aug 19 08:50:15 1982
Received: Fri Aug 20 03:17:27 1982


	Last night August 18, 1982 Comet Austin was observed at the
Mendenhall-Romano observatory which is located at 39 deg 57 min
North Lat and 86 deg 12 min Long. ( Indianapolis)

	The comet's Magnitude was estimated at 5.2

	The comet's position:

			R.A 10h 24m
		       Dec. 40d 54m   this position measured at
					9:25P.M. EST

	The comet angular size was estimated at 3 min.

	The comet is near the stars lambda and mu Ursa Major. It was
first picked up at 8:30 EST and can be "just seen" in 7x 50 bin.
The view improves with objective aperture and is quiet splendid
in a 8 inch telescope.

	The following people made these observations.

			Larry Marcus BTL-IN
			Ralph Keyser BTL-IN
			Ron Meyer BTL-INH (IAS)
			Fred Mendenhall- BTL-INH (IAS)