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COMET C/2005 K2 (LINEAR)

IAUC 8533

M. Bezpalko reports the LINEAR discovery of a comet with a short tail in p.a. 270 deg.  Following posting on the 'NEO Confirmation Page', R. Hutsebaut (Bruxelles, Belgium; remotely using the 0.25-m reflector at 'New Mexico Skies Observatory') writes that his CCD images from May 20.2-20.4 UT 2005 show the object to be very diffuse with a tail 1' long in p.a. 270 deg.  Also, J. Young (Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood, CA, 0.6-m reflector) writes that his CCD images taken on May 20.4 show a large, elongated, very diffuse 8" coma of mag 17.5 with little central condensation and a faint, broad, 40"-long tail spanning p.a. 255-275 deg.