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Reports from Geisei Observatory <March 27, 2009>


C/2009 E1 (Itagaki), C/2009 F5 (McNaught), and C/2009 F4 (McNaught)

    C/2009 E1 (Itagagi) seems to have brightened a little nearing perihelion in early April. The visual total magnitude is about 9. It appears as a diffused glow with a week central condensation and this appearance hasn't changed.
    C/2009 F5 discovered by McNaught is about 17th magnitude in the southern sky. As Geisei's 70cm telescope has a slow f-ratio, the magnitude of the nucleus was given.
    C/2009 F4 is quite faint but has a solid core.

    CK09E010   2009 03 26.42917 02 18 56.70 +20 20 56.2          11.5 N      372
    CK09E010   2009 03 26.43160 02 18 56.40 +20 21 03.4                      372
    CK09E010   2009 03 26.43455 02 18 55.97 +20 21 10.7                      372
    CK09E010   2009 03 26.43785 02 18 55.46 +20 21 19.2                      372
    CK09E010   2009 03 26.44479 02 18 54.49 +20 21 37.4          11.4 N      372

    CK09F050   2009 03 25.69583 15 08 40.54 -34 55 18.6          18.0 N      372
    CK09F050   2009 03 25.70799 15 08 39.58 -34 55 02.9                      372
    CK09F050   2009 03 25.75608 15 08 35.83 -34 53 58.3                      372

    CK09F040   2009 03 25.72448 15 45 28.84 -23 23 55.5          18.5 N      372
    CK09F040   2009 03 25.74201 15 45 28.51 -23 23 57.9                      372
Copyright (C) 2009 Tsutomu Seki.