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Tuesday 19 December 2017

Fwd: [CometObs] Digest Number 3359

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Digest #3359
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Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:33 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Juan Jose Gonzalez" jjgsgp

62P/Tsuchinshan:
2017 Dec. 16.19 UT: m1=9.7, Dia.=6', DC=2/, 20 cm SCT (77x).
[ Sidgwick method. Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 21.0.].

C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS):
2017 Dec. 16.14 UT: m1=10.1, Dia.=5', DC=2, 20 cm SCT (77x).
[ Increasing activity. It is difficult to separate the
contribution of the inner ion tail from that of the coma
to the total magnitude m1. Field stars checked in DSS.
Sidgwick method. Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 20.9.].

C/2017 T1 (Heinze):
2017 Dec. 16.08 UT: m1=12.0, Dia.=2.5', DC=2/, 20 cm SCT (133x).
[ Faint outer coma. Motion checked during a 30-min period.
Field stars checked in DSS. Sidgwick method.
APASS comparison stars. SQM : 21.1.].

( Villacintor, Leon, Spain; Alt. 930 m, 42º 29' N, 5º 11' W;
Rural location, very clear sky. SQM 21.3 at zenith.).

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ICQ Format :

62 2017 12 16.19 S 9.7 TK 20.3T10 77 6 2/ ICQ XX GON05

2016R2 2017 12 16.14 S 10.1 TK 20.3T10 77 5 2 ICQ XX
GON05

2017T1 2017 12 16.08 S 12.0 AQ 20.3T10 1332.5 2/ ICQ XX GON05

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J. J. Gonzalez

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