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C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) - 2 sept. 2014

Astrometry for minor planet center:


COD I89

CON iTelescope.net, remote observatory, Nerpio, Spain, http://www.itelescope.net

OBS E.Bryssinck

MEA E.Bryssinck

TEL 0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD

ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.09.27 13:13:27

AC2 erik.bryssinck@

NET USNO-A2.0

    CK11J020  C2014 09 02.01400 00 03 35.94 +50 57 26.9          16.9 N      I89

    CK11J020  C2014 09 02.01894 00 03 35.40 +50 57 23.8          17.3 N      I89

    CK11J020  C2014 09 02.02317 00 03 34.90 +50 57 21.4          16.9 N      I89

    CK11J020  C2014 09 02.02635 00 03 34.55 +50 57 19.7          17.2 N      I89

    CK11J020  C2014 09 02.03013 00 03 34.09 +50 57 17.3          16.7 N      I89

    CK11J020  C2014 09 02.03360 00 03 33.73 +50 57 15.0          17.4 N      I89

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Photometry output from FOCAS-II


COD B96

CON BRIXIIS Observatory - Eyckensbeekstraat 2, B-9150 Kruibeke, Belgium

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


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

COMET         UTC                    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-     N  FWHM  CAT

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C/2011 J2     02/09/2014 00:36:36  15.92  15.31  14.97  14.79  14.68  14.60   5.3  18.7  I89

C/2011 J2     02/09/2014 00:36:36*  0.07   0.08   0.08   0.14   0.20   0.25    11   1.9  USN


                                                                     AFRHO         LOG

COMET         UTC                   DELTA    r    BOX "   MAG   RSR    CM    +/-  AFRHO  OBS

------------  -------------------   -----  -----  -----  -----  ---  -----  ----  -----  ---

C/2011 J2     02/09/2014 00:36:36    3.56   4.13   7.76  16.05    5    787   149  2.896  I89

After the announcement by F. Manzini, V. Oldani, A. Dan, Stazione Astronomica di Sozzago, Italy, R. Crippa, Osservatorio di Tradate, Italy, and R. Behrend, Geneva Observatory, Switzerland report that  CCD-images taken on 27 august 2014, show a second nucleus of comet C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) . After this announcement i re-examine my CCD-images of this comet and could find a second fragment near the nucleus of this comet. After image enhancement en processing I could see more clear this fragment en did some measurements on the CCD-images, like you can see below in my ccd-images taken on 1 sept. 2014 of this comet.

COD I89

CON iTelescope.net, remote observatory, Nerpio, Spain, http://www.itelescope.net

OBS E.Bryssinck

MEA E.Bryssinck

TEL 0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD

ACK MPCReport file updated 2014.09.27 13:28:25

AC2 erik.bryssinck@

NET USNO-A2.0

    CK11J02b KC2014 09 02.01716 00 03 35.66 +50 57 32.5          19.8 N      I89

    CK11J02b KC2014 09 02.02349 00 03 34.94 +50 57 29.0           N      I89

    CK11J02b KC2014 09 02.03063 00 03 34.12 +50 57 23.8           N      I89

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image b-component comet C/2011 J2 by Erik Bryssinck - (c) 2014

Af(rho) according CARA approach

Af(rho) graph vs distance (km) to nucleus - clear-filter