Reports from Geisei Observatory <March 31, 2005>

• C/2004 L1 (LINEAR) and C/2005 E2 (McNaught)
C/2004 L1 was observed for the first time in many days. It was low in the southern sky and a little fainter than predicted. It is near perihelion and may be at its brightest.
C/2005 E2 was photographed on March 18 and 20. It was so faint that it could not be identified without accurate positions provided. What's worse, its low altitude degraded the image of the comet and it could not be distinguished from the stars.

    CK04L010   2005 03 30.51563 10 52 01.32 -30 09 05.2          14.8 T      372
    CK04L010   2005 03 30.52257 10 51 58.43 -30 08 45.7          15.0 T      372
    CK04L010   2005 03 31.57083 10 44 54.07 -29 19 13.0          15.2 T      372
    CK04L010   2005 03 31.57882 10 44 50.76 -29 18 49.7          15.1 T      372

    CK05E020   2005 03 18.83785 19 53 31.82 -35 45 01.6          18.0 T      372