Comet Lovas (1974c)

The following precise positions have been reported: 1976 UT R. A. (1950) Decl. Observer Aug. 25.26000 0 44 09.77 -22 27 27.9 Shao 30.33273 0 40 27.72 -22 28 58.0 " Sept.20.63333 0 22 55.90 -22 14 48.4 Candy Oct. 15.71319 0 03 00.21 -20 59 54.0 " C. Y. Shao (Harvard College Observatory, Agassiz Station). M. P. Candy (Perth Observatory, Bickley). 33-cm astrograph. E. Roemer, University of Arizona, writes that exposures with the Steward Observatory's 229-cm reflector on Sept. 19 yielded good strong images of m2 ~ 18.3 and a trace of tail south of east.