232P/Hill or P/2009 W1 (Hill)
Discovered by
R.
E. Hill (
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory LPL,
Catalina Sky
Survey) at November, 19 2009
IAUC
Astronomical Headlines
The
latest IAU telegrams or the
latest CBET's.
Minor
planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris,
MPC
observations: MPC
2009-W147
and MPC
2009-Y14
The comet on
Seiichi Yoshida's Homepage
Light
curves at Cometas Obs,
JPL Small body
database
232P/Hill or P/2009 W1 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-01-13 B/W
65 min. exposure,
2010-01-13 UT 03:23, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
17.82 mag, coma: 10", tail: 2'25" in PA 277°
The faint comet is showing a nice thin tail of 55" in PA 283.
232P/Hill or P/2009 W1 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-01-05 B/W a disturbing star close to the comet was erased
100 min. exposure,
2010-01-05 UT 04:28, 12" SCT
f-6.5 + CCD ST10XME
17.74 mag, coma: 9", tail: 55" in PA 283°