Reports from Geisei Observatory <August 2, 2009>

C/2006 W3 (Christensen), C/2009 O4 (Hill), and 22P/Kopff

    I observed taking advantage of small clear patches in the dawn sky near the end of the rainy season.
    Jupiter rises in the southeastern sky in the evening. Around the time when the short summer night ends, Venus begins to shine with extraordinary brightness. In the southeastern sky the familiar appearance of Orion become visible.
(This is a fixed-camera photograph taken with an 85mm lens.)

    CK06W030   2009 07 31.65208 20 57 19.27 +28 24 20.3          11.4 N      372

    CK09O040   2009 08 02.75417 00 32 18.04 +06 30 24.2          14.9 N      372

0022P          2009 08 02.69653 22 59 53.14 -10 53 28.9          14.1 N      372
0022P          2009 08 02.71632 22 59 52.95 -10 53 36.0                      372