Observation of object POL0001 while it was still mentioned on the PCCP with a Takahashi TOA-150 from the Tzec Maun foundation located on Siding Spring Australia. Obect has cometary features and has a central condensation with a faint coma of 33”. Data obtained from 10 CCD-images of 60 sec each with Luminance filter. CBET 4083 was issued on march 26th and, this object was assigned with comet C/2015 F2 (POLONIA). COMET C/2015 F2 (POLONIA) Rafal Reszelewski, Swidwin, Poland; and Michal Kusiak, Zywiec, Poland, report the discovery of a diffuse comet with diameter 7"-10" and no tail on CCD images (pixel size 3".5) obtained by Marcin Gedek (Oborniki, Poland), Michal Zolnowski (Krakow, Poland), and themselves on Mar. 23.3 UT (discovery observations tabulated below) with a remote-controlled 0.1-m f/5 astrograph of the Polonia Observatory at San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, in the course of their comet-search program. After the object was posted on the Minor Planet Center's NEOCP and PCCP webpages, other CCD astrometrists have ……. E. Bryssinck, Kruibeke, Belgium, stacked nine 60-s images taken remotely on Mar. 26.7 with a Tzec Maun 0.15-m f/7.2 refractor at Siding Spring, revealing a diffuse object with central condensation and a coma diameter of 33". |
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