C/2008 T2 (Cardinal)
The comet was
discovered on October 1, 2008 by
Rob Cardinal in
Canada, when he was observing a patch of sky near the North Celestial Pole on
the
Rothney Astrophysical
Observatory.
This is his 1th named comet discovery.
See the full story
here.
Story of the RASC Calgery
Centre.
The latest IAU telegrams or the latest CBET's. IAUC Astronomical Headlines.
Minor
planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris,
the comet on
Seiichi Yoshida's Homepage
Light
curves on Cometas Obs,
JPL Small body
database
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-04-22 B/W
9
x 1 min. exposure,
2009-04-22, UT 20:20 to
20:30, 12" SCT
f-6.532 + CCD ST10XME
14.29 mag, coma:
1'46", tail:
1'10" in PA
42�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-31 B/W
12
x 1 min. exposure,
2009-03-31, UT 18:47 to
19:01, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
15.03 mag, coma:
1'12", tail:
1'17" in PA
21�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-30 B/W
16
x 1 min. exposure,
2009-03-30, UT 19:12 to
19:30, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.74 mag, coma:
3'02", tail:
1'40" in PA
10�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-21 B/W
10 x 2 min. exposure,
2009-03-21, UT 19:05 to
19:27, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.90 mag, coma: 2'14", tail:
1'36"
in PA 41�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-19 B/W
10 x 2 min. exposure,
2009-03-19, UT 20:02 to
20:23, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.82 mag, coma: 1'21", tail:
1'54"
in PA 50�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-18 B/W
10 x 2 min.
exposure, 2009-03-18, UT 20:04 to 20:25, 12" SCT
f-7 +
CCD ST10XME
14.76 mag, coma: 1'00", tail: 1'22" in PA 40�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-17 B/W
10 x 2 min. exposure,
2009-03-17, UT 19:56 to
20:17, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.87 mag, coma: 0'55", tail:
1'23"
in PA 55�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-14 B/W
10 x 2 min. exposure,
2009-03-14, UT 19:03 to
19:22, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.67 mag, coma: 0'57", tail:
1'27"
in PA 55�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-13 B/W
10 x 2 min. exposure,
2009-03-13, UT 18:49 to
19:11, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.50 mag, coma: 0'37", tail: 0'42"
in PA 36�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-11 B/W
10 x 1 min. exposure,
2009-03-11, UT 18:43 to
18:54, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.56 mag, coma: 0'24", tail: 0'52" in PA 47�
In February and March the comet is moving Southwards through the constellations Cassiopeia, Camelopardalis and Perseus.
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-02-18 B/W
15 x 2 min. exposure,
2009-02-18, UT 19:09 to
19:40, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
15.06 mag, coma: 0'32", tail: 0'49" in PA 67�
The shape of the inner condensation is staying very constant over the months of observation.
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-02-17 B/W
10 x 2 min. exposure,
2009-02-17, UT 19:43 to
20:04, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.68 mag, coma: 0'21", tail: 0'34" in PA 111�
Also in February the comet was staying very weak.
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-02-14 B/W
30 x 1 min. exposure,
2009-02-14, UT 19:38 to
20:11, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.54 mag, coma: 0'42", tail: 0'38" in PA 71�
One day later the shape of the coma was significantly smaller, but a thin tail became visible: coma 0'20", tail 0'39" in PA 128�
C/2008
T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-02-03
B/W
If you click on the images you find the original images with detailed descriptions
of astrometry and photometry.
The comet is still staying very weak. It lies 3 mag under the
expected magnitude.
At this day the comet shows an extended coma without any tail.
C/2008
T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-02-02
B/W
If you click on the images you find the original images with detailed descriptions
of astrometry and photometry.
After getting back my camera from repair in USA this is my first
image with the ST10XME since 6 weeks.
The comet is still very weak (14.7 mag) and is not full-filling its expectations.
C/2008
T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-01-30
B/W
If you click on the image you find the original image with detailed descriptions
of astrometry and photometry.
The comet's brightness is not complying with the expected
magnitude. Till now I couldn't visually observe the comet. It is very weak(CCD
mag 15.7).
Soon it will leave the North Pole region in constellation Cepheus and will move
Southwards to the constellation Cassiopeia at January, 14.
The comet has a short tail of 13" in PA138�
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-01-08 RGB
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2008-11-08 S/W
VIDEO 14 frames, 3 min.each, total 42 minutes Quicktime Movie (1824 KB)
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2008-11-07 LRGB + RGB
VIDEO 60 frames, 3 min.each, total 3 hours Quicktime Movie (6504 KB)
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2008-11-01 RGB
The comet is passed by the irregulary galaxy PGC24802
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2008-10-23 S/W
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2008-10-20 S/W
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) by Bernhard Haeusler, 2008-10-19 S/W