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C/2012 K6 (MCNAUGHT)

Rob McNaught discovered a 19th magnitude comet on CCD images taken with the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt telescope at Siding Spring on May 27.78. The comet is at perihelion at 3.4 AU in 2013 May.

Photometric data obtained from FOCAS-II software

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

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

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C/2012 K6     04/03/2014 21:18:02  16.35  15.76  15.62  15.52  15.25  15.21   3.2  15.8  B96

C/2012 K6     04/03/2014 21:18:02*  0.21   0.35   0.40   0.39   0.39   0.46     3   4.1  USN

C/2012 K6     12/03/2014 23:57:46  16.21  15.53  15.19  15.02  14.90  14.83  10.1  17.2  B96

C/2012 K6     12/03/2014 23:57:46*  0.03   0.04   0.05   0.04   0.04   0.05     3   4.0  USN

C/2012 K6     13/03/2014 23:52:06  16.19  15.58  15.34  15.29  15.28          5.8  16.2  B96

C/2012 K6     13/03/2014 23:52:06*  0.02   0.02   0.03   0.06   0.09            3   3.9  USN

                                                                     AFRHO         LOG

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

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C/2012 K6     04/03/2014 21:18:02    3.43   4.27   8.04  16.43    3    549   172  2.740  B96

C/2012 K6     12/03/2014 23:57:46    3.44   4.31   8.02  16.30   10    636    63  2.803  B96

C/2012 K6     13/03/2014 23:52:06    3.44   4.32   8.02  16.22    6    689   119  2.838  B96