Reports from Geisei Observatory<November 12, 1999>

• 142P/Ge-Wang, 141P/Machholz 2, 10P/Tempel 2

0142P  1988 11 28.42118 02 40 50.96 +02 26 05.6     17.0 T      372
0142P  1988 11 28.51563 02 40 48.72 +02 25 56.2     16.9 T      372
0142P  1988 11 30.54931 02 40 04.36 +02 22 44.4     17.1 T      372
0142P  1999 10 09.66563 02 15 39.43 +03 29 07.3     19.7 T      372

0141P  1999 11 02.40000 18 17 02.91 -11 59 01.7     16.9 T      372
0141P  1999 11 02.40903 18 17 04.30 -11 59 01.5     16.9 T      372
0141P  1999 11 09.39063 18 36 37.95 -11 54 22.9     12.9 T      372

0010P  1999 09 28.46667 19 07 42.46 -31 28 54.4     13.5 T      372
0010P  1999 11 02.42656 20 58 16.66 -29 22 12.4     11.9 T      372
0010P  1999 11 09.41528 21 19 24.95 -28 07 01.4     14.3 T      372

372  Tsutomu Seki

• 141P is Machholz 2. The main nucleus which was broken up into four is closer now. On November 9 it was magnitude 12.9, 4 magnitudes brighter than before.
• 10P/Temel is brighter with a larger coma on November 2.