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 comet 305P/SKIFF

Photometric data obtained by use of FOCAS-II software

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305P          27/10/2014 19:59:06  17.73  17.41  17.26  17.24                 4.0  18.0  B96

305P          27/10/2014 19:59:06*  0.16   0.20   0.21   0.34                  18   3.9  USN

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305P          27/10/2014 19:59:06    0.69   1.43  40.22  17.19    4      1     0  0.090  B96

305P/Skiff = 2004 V1 = 2014 N1

Brian Skiff discovered an 18th magnitude comet on LONEOS images taken with the 0.59-m Schmidt on November 4.08. Prediscovery LINEAR images showed that it ws approaching perihelion at 1.42 au in early December and had a period of 10.0 years.

B. Skiff, Lowell Observatory, reports his discovery of a comet on LONEOS images obtained on Nov. 4.1 UT with the 0.59-m Schmidt telescope, the object showing a moderately condensed coma of diameter 25" and a weak tail 50" long in p.a. 75 deg. Following posting on the "NEO Confirmation Page", B. L. Stevens (Las Cruces, NM, 0.3-m Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope) reports that his CCD images taken on Nov. 4.2 show a 30" tail in p.a. 55 deg. [IAUC 8426, 2004 November 4]