comet 262P/MCNAUGHT-RUSSELL

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Observation date	image	Photometry (FOCAS)	Afρ	astrometry	Observatory
20120530 - recovery	X			X	(H06) itelescope.net
20120817	X	X		X	B96 (BRIXIIS)
20120818	X	X		X	B96 (BRIXIIS)
20120907	X	X		X	B96 (BRIXIIS)
20121010		X		X	B96 (BRIXIIS)
20130113		X		X	B96 (BRIXIIS)
20130116		X		X	B96 (BRIXIIS)
20130217		X		X	B96 (BRIXIIS)

comet 262P/MCNAUGHT-RUSSEL = P/1994 X1 = P/2012 K7

Photometric data obtained by use of FOCAS-II software

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

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

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262P 17/08/2012 21:50:56 20.97 20.97 21.04 3.0 18.3 B96

262P 17/08/2012 21:50:56* 3.83 3.83 3.79 4 4.3 CMC

262P 18/08/2012 22:37:52 17.70 17.14 17.24 3.9 18.1 B96

262P 18/08/2012 22:37:52* 0.23 0.32 0.32 3 4.2 CMC

262P 07/09/2012 21:46:26 18.19 18.02 18.11 17.95 2.7 18.3 B96

262P 07/09/2012 21:46:26* 0.41 0.55 0.54 0.48 4 4.3 CMC

262P 13/01/2013 19:03:43 15.57 14.76 14.36 14.11 13.99 13.92 7.6 15.4 B96

262P 13/01/2013 19:03:43* 0.20 0.17 0.13 0.15 0.27 0.36 4 3.3 USN

262P 16/01/2013 17:55:47 15.76 14.94 14.59 14.52 14.50 14.50 8.0 15.9 B96

262P 16/01/2013 17:55:47* 0.10 0.05 0.06 0.09 0.13 0.13 4 3.1 USN

262P 17/02/2013 19:00:54 16.34 15.59 15.17 14.84 14.62 14.42 2.2 15.4 B96

262P 17/02/2013 19:00:54* 0.08 0.05 0.12 0.09 0.06 0.09 3 3.8 CMC

CBET nr.3132 announced the recovery of comet P/1994 X1 (McNaught-Russel) by the team Giovanni Sostero, Ernesto Guido and Nick Howes) of comet P/1994 X1 = 1994u = 1994 XXIV (cf. IAUCs 6115, 6116, 6117) on seven stacked 60-s R-band CCD images obtained remotely with the "Faulkes Telescope North" at Haleakala on May 29.6 UT and confirmed by E. Bryssinck, Kruibeke, Belgium on CCD-image taken remotely from New-Mexico, USA.

MPEC 2012-K75 : P/1994 X1 = 2012 K7 (McNaught-Russell)