C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN)
The amateur Dae-am Yi from Yeongwol-kun, Korea found this comet on a CCD image
taken with a 90mm f/2.8 tele lens and Canon 5D camera on March, 28 2009.
He found a 1' greenish coma on two 60 sec. images.
Independent of this Robert D. Matson from California detected some days later
the same comet on SWAN images.
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
� 2009-05-18 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
16 x 40 sec. exposure, 2009-05-18, UT 20:39 to
20:51, 12" SCT
f-6.532 + CCD ST10XME
13.73mag, coma: 1'41", tail: 1'46" in PA 5�
� 2009-05-08 by Bernhard Haeusler Germany
16 x 40 sec. exposure, 2009-05-08, UT 20:06 to
20:25, 12" SCT
f-6.532 + CCD ST10XME
13.29mag, coma: 1'17", tail: 1'38" in PA 352�
� 2009-04-22 by Bernhard Haeusler Germany
20 x 40 sec. exposure, 2009-04-22, UT 19:50 to
20:04, 12" SCT
f-6.532 + CCD ST10XME
13.37mag, coma: 1'15", tail: 1'06" in PA 344�
� 2009-04-09 by Bernhard Haeusler Germany
left image: 110 x 40 sec. exposure, 2009-04-09, UT 19:06 to
20:34, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
right image: 20 x 40 sec. exposure,
2009-04-09, UT 19:18 to
19:34, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
13.08mag, coma: 2'40", tail: 1'17" in PA 339�
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