C/2009 U3 (Hill)
Discovered by R. E. Hill ( Lunar and Planetary Laboratory LPL, Catalina Sky Survey) on October, 21 2009
The latest IAU telegrams or the latest CBET's. IAUC Astronomical Headlines.
Minor
planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris,
the comet on
Seiichi Yoshida's Homepage
Light
curves on Cometas Obs,
JPL Small body
database
C/2009 U3 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-03-07 B/W
15 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-03-07 UT 18:41, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
16.20 mag, coma: 2', no tail
C/2009 U3 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-03-04 B/W
10 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-03-04 UT 18:44, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
16.47 mag, coma: 1'30", no tail
C/2009 U3 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-03-03 B/W
37 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-03-03 UT 18:02, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
16.54 mag, coma: 1'30", no tail
C/2009 U3 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-03-02 B/W
19 x 1 min. exposure,
2010-03-02 UT 18:12, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
16.54 mag, coma: 1'30", no tail
C/2009 U3 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-02-16 B/W
15 x 2 min. exposure,
2010-02-16 UT 17:35, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
16.57 mag, coma: 32", tail: 26" in PA 69°
C/2009 U3 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-01-26 B/W
32 min. exposure,
2010-01-26 UT 17:38, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
17.17 mag, coma: 24"
C/2009 U3 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2010-01-02 B/W
28 min. exposure,
2010-01-02 UT 19:32, 12" SCT
f-6.5 + CCD ST10XME
17.99 mag, coma: 11"
The very faint comet has a nice tail of 33 arc seconds.
C/2009 U3 (Hill) © by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-12-17 B/W
55 min. exposure,
2009-12-17 UT 20:38, 12" SCT
f-6.3 + CCD ST10XME
17.81 mag, coma: 8", tail: 33" in PA 165°