Chiron:  20 May 1995; 6:00 UT (2:00 AM EDT)


I have imaged Chiron again:


May 19, 1995  Kenyon Astrophysical Observatory 5280 feet el.
Blue Canyon, CA (Sierra Nevada's)  11pm PDT. Conditions were
ok (seeing about 7) clear cool and no wind.

Stacked 5 one minute images using a ST-7 camera with 2x binning.
8" f4.5 reflector. Processed with PhotoStyler.

The comet was VERY dim and recorded a few pixels across at 15.7 mag.
Note that this is DIMMER than previous images.

The comet WAS NOT visual in a 17.5" f4.5 reflector, but 14mag and 
15 mag stars were visible. A few 14mag NGC's were visible near but
not in the field with the comet.

Thans
Dave Kenyon
KAO