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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2684      2010 Nov 04 15.41UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
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COMET 2010 V1
S. Nakano, Japan, reports the visual discovery of a comet independently 
found by Kaoru Ikeya of Japan of Japan; 0.2-m reflector at 39x; diffuse 
with some condensation; coma diameter 1' on Nov. 2.831 UT and 2' on Nov. 
3.81 and also by Shigeki Murakami, Japan; 0.46-m reflector at x78; coma 
diameter 4' with a 2' tail in p.a. 90 deg on Nov. 3.801; moving eastward 
at approximately 2'/hr).

Nakano also advises of astrometry obtained by Koichi Itagaki (Teppo-cho, 
Yamagata, 60-cm f/5.7 reflector + unfiltered CCD camera), who notes 
comet to be diffuse with strong central condensation but no tail on 
Nov.3.85.

      2010 UT             R.A. (2000) Decl.        Mag.   Observer
      Nov.  2.831     12 32.7       - 1 38         8.5   Ikeya
            3.801     12 35.1       - 2 01         9     Murakami
            3.812     12 35.0       - 2 01         8.0   Ikeya
            3.84701   12 35 04.22   - 2 02 12.5   10.5   Itagaki
            3.85035   12 35 04.71   - 2 02 17.2   10.7     "

(IAUC 9175)

Guy M Hurst