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COMET C/2004 Q1 (TUCKER)

 Roy A. Tucker, Tucson, AZ, reports his discovery of a comet with a coma diameter of about 50" and a 70" tail in p.a. about 230 deg  on unfiltered CCD images taken with a 0.35-m reflector.  Following posting on the 'NEO Confirmation Page', the object was also noted to be cometary on CCD images taken by J. Foster (University Hills, Los Angeles, CA, 0.32-m f/5.6 reflector; fan tail in p.a. 235 deg on Aug. 24.4 UT) and by J. E. McGaha (Tucson, AZ, 0.36-m f/10 reflector; faint 26" coma with a very faint fan-shaped tail 30" long in p.a. 250 deg on Aug. 25.35).  Images by Tucker on Aug. 25.5 show a 30" coma and a tail about 40" long in p.a. 255 deg.