Reports from Geisei Observatory <March 18, 2001>

C/2000 Y2 
Feb. 2.55035    9 20 36.69   + 1 18 21.3   17.5 
    16.56840    9 16 31.03   + 2 32 27.3   17.0 

C/2001 C1(LINEAR) 
Feb.19.78281   14 40 39.41   -11 34 18.9   17.6 
    19.80069   14 40 39.16   -11 34 23.5

C/2001 A2(LINEAR) 
Feb.19.56354    7 01 10.15   + 3 51 30.9   16.9

C/1999 T1(MacNaught-Hatlley) 
Feb.19.77014   17 13 31.96   +33 00 35.0    8.5 
Mar.15.66250   18 10 01.22   +51 59 31.5   10.5 

C/1999 T1(McNaught Hartley) is the only comet visible to small telescopes at the moment. The coma is 2.5' across and 10.5 in m1 in the 20cm refractor at 60x. It has moved rapidly to the northeastern sky at the dawn.

Future observations from Geisei Observatory will be occasionally provided in the MPC. Please refer to it for your information.