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Comet C/2009 Y1 (CATALINA)

Discovery: [ IAUC 9102 ]

A 19th magnitude object discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey with the 0.68m Schmidt on December 17.51 and reported by Rik Hill, was found to show cometary features by other observers.  The comet reached perihelion at 2.5 AU in 2011 January and has a very long period retrograde orbit..  See also: MPEC 2010-B18 : COMET C/2009 Y1 (CATALINA)

COD B96

CON BRIXIIS observatory  -  B-9150 Kruibeke, Belgium

CATALOG: USNO A2.0 / CMC-14 - BAND: R

                                  10x10  20x20  30x30  40x40  50x50  60x60   SNR   SB   COD

OBJECT        DATE       TIME        +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-     N  FWHM  CAT

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C/2009 Y1     02/08/2011 01:22:22  15.71  14.90  14.51  14.30  14.16  14.09  11.5  16.3  B96

C/2009 Y1     02/08/2011 01:22:22*  0.00   0.01   0.05   0.07   0.11   0.12     2   2.6  Gai