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Comet 215P/NEAT - ( = 2002 O8 = 2009 B5 )

Photometric data obtained by use of FOCAS-II software

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

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215P          13/09/2020 23:54:13  17.84  17.53  17.04  16.97  16.40  16.29   8.8  17.4  B96

215P          13/09/2020 23:54:13*  0.06   0.19   0.18   0.36   0.21   0.30     2   3.1  Gai

215P          19/09/2020 00:15:01  17.91  17.63  17.71                        3.5  17.4  B96

215P          19/09/2020 00:15:01*  0.11   0.34   0.33                          2   3.5  Gai

215P          20/09/2020 23:40:44  17.68  17.05  16.91  16.86                 3.3  17.5  B96

215P          20/09/2020 23:40:44*  0.08   0.16   0.38   0.42                   2   3.7  Gai

215P          02/11/2020 22:05:59  17.93  17.67  17.35                        7.8  16.9  B96

215P          02/11/2020 22:05:59*  0.08   0.14   0.16                          2   3.9  Gai

215P          04/11/2020 20:49:22  17.64  17.21  16.98  16.94  16.99  17.00   4.1  17.2  B96

215P          04/11/2020 20:49:22*  0.10   0.20   0.29   0.40   0.70   0.90     3   4.0  Gai

215P          06/11/2020 20:53:31  17.92  17.30  17.13  16.89  16.68  16.61   6.5  17.6  B96

215P          06/11/2020 20:53:31*  0.02   0.01   0.18   0.11   0.14   0.11     2   3.6  Gai

                                                                     AFRHO         LOG

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

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215P          13/09/2020 23:54:13    2.81   3.77   9.81  18.00    9     68     8  1.832  B96

215P          19/09/2020 00:15:01    2.80   3.77   9.86  17.88    4     76    22  1.879  B96

215P          20/09/2020 23:40:44    2.79   3.77   9.87  17.61    3     96    29  1.983  B96

215P          02/11/2020 22:05:59    3.00   3.82   9.20  18.00    8     80    10  1.901  B96

215P          04/11/2020 20:49:22    3.02   3.82   9.13  17.56    4    121    29  2.081  B96

215P          06/11/2020 20:53:31    3.04   3.82   9.07  17.96    7     85    13  1.931  B96

Discovery:

K. Lawrence, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the discovered  a 17th mag comet (with nuclear condensation of diameter about 6" and a tail extending about 10" to the west) on NEAT images obtained on July 29.32 UT. Confirmation of cometary activity was reported by A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin on CCD images taken with the 0.6-m reflector at Mt John University Observatory on Aug. 4.4 (faint tail 40" in p.a. 255 deg). Prediscovery observations have been identified in NEAT data from July 16.5, LINEAR data from July 5.4 and Spacewatch data from 2001 May 22.3 and June 11.2.

Recovery:

Amateur astronomer Gary Hug recovered comet P/2002 O8 (NEAT) with his 0.56-m reflector at Sandlot Observatory Kansas, on 2009 January 22.49, the comet has magnitude 20.0 en delta T = -0.34 days. Comet was  assigned as P/2009 B5 (NEAT) and later numbered as comet 215P/NEAT. ( IAUC 9018 )

Lat updated: 2020-11-02