• Observation data: C/2001 K3(Skiff)2001 UT R.A (2000) Decl. m1 May 31.72465 20 58 32.80 -3o 38' 58" 5 17.5 372 31.73924 20 58 32.59 -3 38 42. 2 372The comet seems to be slightly deviating from the original orbit. It is 4' off it now. Is it a type of asteroid or in a typical ellipse? It looks much fainter than it actually is at magnitude 16, because of poor summer-time transparency. • C/2001 K5(LINEAR) was missed this month because of moonlight and its low altitude. • C/1999 T1(McNaught-Hartley) has become very faint. |
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