73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 and C/2006 L2 (McNaught)
The following are the latest observations made at Geisei
despite increasing rainy days:
Lately, Mr. McNaught has discovered many comets in the southern
sky. Mr. Akira Kawazoe, a staff member of Geisei Observatory, met him at
Perth about 15 years ago. Mr. Kawazoe found Mr. Candy (BAA) in good health
and was surprised that he knew a lot about me.
C/2006 L2 (McNaught) is not very bright. Fog troubled me
a lot that night. The sky over Mt. Teiyama looked hazy like mirage in the
distance, a very unusual sight.
0073P b 2006 05 31.77222 00 52 47.61 -05 21 32.4 9.7 T 372
0073P c 2006 05 31.76840 00 45 43.10 -06 17 01.3 8.9 T 372
0073P c 2006 06 06.77743 01 08 19.07 -08 51 46.9 11.4 T 372
0073P c 2006 06 06.77986 01 08 19.48 -08 51 49.7 372
CK06L020 2006 06 15.55347 14 39 39.74 -37 35 35.6 14.5 T 372
I am anxious to know how Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 looks now,
which is moving southward in early morning skies. When I was walking down
the hill after the moon rose, a tanuki, an Asian raccoon-like dog, ran
across the road into the valley. The deep valley is always lively with
howls and cries of animals. Jupiter was shining usually brightly overhead.