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Comet C/2017 M5 (TOTAS)

Photometric data obtained from FOCAS-II software

COD G39

OBS F.-J.Hambsch, E.Bryssinck

CATALOG: USNO A2.0 / CMC 14-15 - BAND: R

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

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

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C/2017 M5     21/07/2018 23:46:25  18.09  17.70  17.67                        4.8  17.1  B96

C/2017 M5     21/07/2018 23:46:25*  0.37   0.42   0.43                          4   4.6  USN

C/2017 M5     23/07/2018 22:49:34  17.95  17.86  17.49                        5.5  16.7  B96

C/2017 M5     23/07/2018 22:49:34*  0.38   0.57   0.40                          4   3.5  USN

C/2017 M5     17/08/2018 22:03:47  18.04  17.56  17.44                        2.5  17.6  B96

C/2017 M5     17/08/2018 22:03:47*  0.07   0.06   0.21                          4   3.5  CMC

C/2017 M5     24/09/2018 19:59:40  18.68  18.63  18.22                        3.3  16.9  B96

C/2017 M5     24/09/2018 19:59:40*  0.05   0.09   0.41                          2   3.9  CMC

                                                                     AFRHO         LOG

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

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C/2017 M5     12/07/2017 23:24:09    5.52   6.48   4.99  18.43    5    522   107  2.718  B96

C/2017 M5     21/07/2018 23:46:25    5.07   6.00   5.44  18.30    5    424    88  2.627  B96

C/2017 M5     23/07/2018 22:49:34    5.06   6.00   5.45  18.23    6    451    82  2.654  B96

C/2017 M5     17/08/2018 22:03:47    5.06   6.01   5.45  18.36    3    404   162  2.606  B96

C/2017 M5     24/09/2018 19:59:40    5.36   6.04   5.14  18.99    3    255    77  2.407  B96

FoCAs 3.50

www.astrosurf.com/cometas-obs

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Af(rho) data according the CARA-approach is available via request to CARA-coordinator

http://cara.uai.it

This comet was discovered on CCD-images of 23 may 2017 taken by P. Ruiz with a 1.0-m f/4.4 reflector of the European Space Agency's Optical Ground Station at Tenerife in the course of the "Teide Observatory Tenerife Asteroid SurT. Thommesvey" (TOTAS).  This object was confirmed by T. Thommes an Bosch as a real moving comet with a fuzzy coma.

On 1 july 2017 CBET 4410 : 20170701 : COMET C/2017 M5 (TOTAS) and assigned this object as comet C/2017 M5 (TOTAS)