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Reports from Geisei Observatory <August 13, 2009>


C/2008 Q3 (Garradd) and C/2009 O4 (Hill)

    We had the finest weather in many days. The clouds shine brilliant white and blue sky was extremely transparent. Weather dramatically turned around from skies with a lot of clouds like an extended rainy season to a sky so clear that the end of the rainy season could be officially declared. Naturally, the stars were shining brightly and I could observe C/2009 Q3 so low on the western horizon it would normally be unobservable.
    I looked for Perseid meteors, but I saw only one first-magnitude meteor. I must have missed the peak of this meteor shower. 
    CK08Q030   2009 08 13.45406 12 40 35.73 +00 40 03.1          14.2 N      372
    CK08Q030   2009 08 13.45694 12 40 35.75 +00 40 04.7                      372
    CK08Q030   2009 08 13.46285 12 40 35.93 +00 40 08.6          14.3 N      372
    CK08Q030   2009 08 13.46632 12 40 36.02 +00 40 11.2                      372
    CK08Q030   2009 08 13.47188 12 40 36.15 +00 40 15.2          14.3 N      372

    CK09O040   2009 08 13.58038 00 27 30.65 +02 14 18.7          15.2 N      372
    CK09O040   2009 08 13.61910 00 27 29.29 +02 13 17.1                      372
    CK09O040   2009 08 13.62986 00 27 28.77 +02 12 59.6          15.3 N      372
Copyright (C) 2009 Tsutomu Seki.