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Summary of the brighter comets in 2009


The following table gives a summary of the comets brighter than 16 mag, which were observed by members of the German Comet Section.

The maximum brightness of comets brighter than 10.0 mag is given with an accuracy of 0.1 mag, that of fainter comets with an accuracy of 0.5 mag. The maximum coma diameter is given with an accuracy of 0.1' for comae less than 1', with an accuracy of 0.5' for comae between 1' and 5' and with an accuracy of 1' for larger comae.

Designation discovered T q [AU] m_max Coma ['] FGK
C/2005 L3 (McNaught) Jun 03, 2005 Jan 16, 2008 5.59 13.5 1.0 V, C
C/2006 OF2 (Broughton) Jul 17, 2006 Sep 15, 2008 2.43 10.5 2.5 V, C
C/2006 Q1 (McNaught) Aug 20, 2006 Jul 03, 2008 2.76 13.0 1.0 V, C
C/2006 W3 (Christensen) Nov 18, 2006 Jul 06, 2009 3.13 8.3 7 V, C
C/2007 N3 (LULIN) Jul 11, 2007 Jan 10, 2009 1.21 5.0 24 V, C, P
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) Mar 25, 2007 Oct 07, 2009 2.25 9.6 4 V, C
C/2008 A1 (McNaught) Jan 10, 2008 Sep 29, 2008 1.07 9.8 4 V, C
C/2008 P1 (Garradd) Aug 13, 2008 Jul 22, 2009 3.90 15.0 0.5 C
C/2008 Q1 (Maticic) Aug 18, 2008 Dec 30, 2008 2.96 16.0 0.2 C
C/2008 Q3 (Garradd) Aug 27, 2008 Jun 23, 2009 1.80 7.0 15 V, C
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) Oct 01, 2008 Jun 13, 2009 1.20 8.6 4.5 V, C
P/2008 X4 (Christensen) Dec 08, 2008 Dec 19, 2008 0.53 10.5 2.5 V
P/2008 Y3 (McNaught) Dec 31, 2008 Jan 11, 2009 4.43 15.5 1.0 C
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki) Mar 14, 2009 Apr 07, 2009 0.60 8.0 4.5 V, C
C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN) Apr 04, 2009 May 07, 2009 1.27 8.3 5 V, C, P
P/2009 L2 (Yang-Gao) Jun 16, 2009 May 21, 2009 1.30 13.0 1.0 C
C/2009 O4 (Hill) Jul 30, 2009 Jan 01, 2010 2.56 15.5 0.2 C
P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) Aug 29, 2009 Nov 19, 2009 1.32 14.0 0.2 C
P/2009 T2 (La Sagra) Oct 12, 2009 Jan 12, 2010 1.75 15.0 0.2 C
19P/Borrelly - Jul 22, 2008 1.35 13.5 1.0 C
22P/Kopff - May 25, 2009 1.58 8.9 8 V, C
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann - Jul 10, 2004 5.72 10.5 3.0 V, C
30P/Reinmuth - Apr 19, 2010 1.88 14.5 0.5 C
33P/Daniel - Jul 20, 2008 2.17 14.0 1 C
65P/Gunn - Mar 02, 2010 2.44 13.5 1.0 V, C
67P/Churyumov-Geramisenko - Feb 28, 2009 1.25 10.0 4.0 V, C
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh - Jul 30, 2009 3.56 14.5 0.5 C
77P/Longmore - Jul 07, 2009 2.31 13.5 0.5 V, C
81P/Wild - Feb 22, 2010 1.60 10.5 2.5 V, C
88P/Howell - Oct 12, 2009 1.36 8.7 6 C
116P/Wild - Jul 18, 2009 2.17 11.5 2.0 V, C
118P/Shoemaker-Levy - Jan 02, 2010 1.98 13.0 1.0 V, C
144P/Kushida - Jan 26, 2009 1.44 8.4 ~12 V, C, P
205P/Giacobini - Sep 10, 2008 1.53 15.0 1.0 C
217P/LINEAR - Sep 08, 2009 1.22 10.0 4 V, C

Explanation

Andreas Kammerer


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