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)