Reports from Geisei Observatory <April 18, 2001>

• C/2001 G1
Observations at Geisei are as follows.
At a glance it appears as a diffuse comet and there is no bright nucleus visible. The coma is 10" across. The comet deviates 45" from the provisional orbit; possibly e < 1.

2001UT         R.A (2000)      decl.
Apr. 15.56563  11 28 46.85  -19 49 04.4  18.1  372
     15.58299  11 28 46.65  -19 48 59.3        372
     16.52569  11 28 37.45  -19 44 04.4  18.3  372

• 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
The comet was at the 12th magnitude in the evening sky on April 16.

• C/2001 A2(LINEAR)
It was at the 8th magnitude on April 14 and 15.
(Reported by Mr. Kazuo Nakamura in Kagawa.)