Reports from Geisei Observatory <May 16, 2001>

• 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova, C/1999 T1(McNaught-Hartley), 24P/Schaumasse
It is difficult to find comets because of bad weather.
The following are recent observation data:

45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
2001 UT       R.A (2000)    Decl.        m1
May 10.47951   6 29 01.94  +25 52 34.6  13.8

C/1999 T1(McNaught-Hartley)
2001 UT       R.A (2000)    Decl.        m1
May 10.52882  18 44 53.93  +74 23 08.4  14.5

24P/Schaumasse
2001 UT       R.A (2000)    Decl.        m1
May 10.49792   6 57 42.33  +31 21 48.7
    10.48958   6 57 40.01  +31 21 50.7  13.4