Reports from Geisei Observatory <August 28, 2009>

P/2009 L2 (Yang-Gao), C/2008 Q3 (Garradd), C/2009 O4 (Hill), C/2006 W3 (Christensen), and P/2009 O3 (Hill)

It is still warm, but the sky has turned to the typical autumn color. The familiar sight of the Pleiades in Taurus is seen after midnight. Strangely, we saw many meteors at the public viewing night on August 24. The intense brightness of Jupiter is extraordinary.
The following are the observations by the 70cm reflector.

    PK09L020   2009 08 17.51076 18 50 10.53 +04 00 38.8          17.5 N      372
    PK09L020   2009 08 24.49271 18 57 23.75 +03 35 12.9          18.0 N      372

    CK08Q030   2009 08 17.46181 12 42 14.50 +01 25 34.6          15.5 N      372
    CK08Q030   2009 08 24.45104 12 45 25.29 +02 35 41.5          13.5 T      372
    CK08Q030   2009 08 24.45556 12 45 25.44 +02 35 44.5                      372

    CK09O040   2009 08 24.55799 00 19 13.85 -03 10 18.8                      372
    CK09O040   2009 08 24.56910 00 19 13.22 -03 10 40.8                      372
    CK09O040   2009 08 24.61514 00 19 10.59 -03 12 10.9          17.0 N      372

    CK06W030   2009 08 13.52674 20 26 14.01 +23 03 36.7          10.0 T      372
    CK06W030   2009 08 17.55660 20 17 10.49 +21 08 51.1          10.5 T      372
    CK06W030   2009 08 18.60206 20 14 53.97 +20 38 18.5          11.5 N      372
    CK06W030   2009 08 24.50556 20 02 44.53 +17 41 45.8          10.6 T      372

    PK09O030   2009 08 24.64132 01 49 04.74 +08 49 17.3          18.5 N      372