Reports from Geisei Observatory<April 11, 1999>

C/1999E1 (Li)
1999UT         R.A        Decl.    m1
             h  m  s     o  '  "
Apr.8.44722 6 37 47.67 +9 23 54.4 17.0 372
    8.45694 6 37 48.00 +9 23 59.7 17.0 372 

P/S-W1 
Apr.7.64479 15 17 00.9 -29 20 13 14 372

The comet is very diffuse and the nucleus is fainter than magnitude 17. Visually it may be around 13. In mid-April, I will be able to show you photographs of the comet brightening. However, at the moment, the comet is seen in moonlight and low in the southern sky through mist.


• C/1998 P1(Williams) has become very faint. In a photograph taken on April 18, m1 was 18.5.