Reports from Geisei Observatory<October 29, 2002>

• Observation data: 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT

54P
2002 UT         R.A (2000)    Decl.
Oct. 29.52257   1 50 30.52   +18 00 07.2   372
     29.54514   1 50 29.42   +18 00 05.4   372
     29.56806   1 50 28.37   +18 00 03.9   372

It is faint and moving west. There is a 3" difference from Mr. Kenji Muraoka's revised orbit. Because the aperture was small, there may be an error of ±1.5. The total magnitude is somewhere between 18.5 and 19.0. It is close to the limit of Geisei's 20cm reflector and I should end the observation of this comet shortly.