Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 18:49:59 -0700 (MST)
From: Alan Stern/SwRI Boulder <alan@everest.space.swri.edu>
To: cpcexploder@astro.umd.edu
Subject: HST Observations of Chiron Scheduled
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Chironites!

HST will make its third observations of Chiron in the UV on 16 March.
Our team would again appreciate anyone who can obtain good-S/N CCD images of
Chiron in B, V, R, and/or I filters to establish its level of activity and
the visible-wavelength morphology of its coma during the period 15-17 March.

By the way, HST's January spectroscopy sequence turned out very well. We have
a UV lightcurve, a UV albedo spectrum, and a good dataset to
search for UV emission features! The February-to-May observations
HST is now engaged in obtaining should tell us about Chiron's
variability, and will, Chiron-willing, catch an outburst in action.


Alan Stern