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Reports from Geisei Observatory <December 15, 2001>


• Observation data with corrections: C/2000 WM1(LINEAR),
  P/2001 W2(BATTERS)

There were simple errors in the previous reports. They are now corrected and additional data are provided here, which have not been sent to IAU yet.
C/2000 WM1 has been moving southward and this will be the last observation of this comet from Geisei Observatory. A slim tail was detected, which was longer than 1 degree on December 13.
C/2000 WM1(LINEAR)
2001 UT         R.A  (2000)    Decl         m1
Dec.  4.37326    1 05 34.54   - 6 59 24.6   6.5   372
      6.41806    0 49 08.67   -13 51 10.3   6.2   372
     11.41833    0 11 31.96   -27 54 00.5   5.7   372
     13.38567   23 57 52.06   -32 14 00.9   5.6   372
     14.39740   23 51 05.11   -34 13 06.0   5.5   372
     14.42438   23 50 54.22   -34 16 09.2         372

P/2001 W2(BATTERS)
Dec. 11.38750   18 58 31.15   +5 22 44.8   13.4   372
     13.39694   19 02 10.55   +3 47 31.0   13.1   372
     14.37674   19 03 54.76   +3 02 23.4   13.4   372



Copyright (C) 2001 Tsutomu Seki.