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It bursted out on Sept. 24 and reached to 8.5 mag. It is now fading rapidly.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 10 26.02 15 2.1 1.776 1.181 39 9.9 51.7 103.9 4:33 (266, 21)
Oct. 12 10 49.49 13 33.1 1.803 1.224 40 11.0 49.1 105.1 4:39 (269, 22)
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It is very low in the evening sky. It will appear at dawn in next June at 15.5 mag and will be fading.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 14 54.86 -13 47.7 2.460 1.722 33 12.2 39.2 108.9 19:03 ( 70, 3)
Oct. 12 15 13.06 -15 14.2 2.464 1.697 31 12.1 40.3 107.5 18:53 ( 69, 3)
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Getting brighter as expected. It will be observable at 10 mag in the good condition for a long time from winter to next spring.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 8 26.18 49 36.8 2.423 2.408 77 12.7 29.4 87.1 4:33 (232, 54)
Oct. 12 8 47.39 49 43.0 2.326 2.367 80 12.6 29.4 88.9 4:39 (231, 56)
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It brightened about 1 mag after perihelion passage, and reached to 12 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 9 21.25 20 10.4 1.717 1.411 55 12.6 42.8 102.7 4:33 (270, 37)
Oct. 12 9 41.34 19 2.2 1.715 1.445 57 12.7 40.6 104.0 4:39 (273, 39)
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It is fading and being diffused very rapidly since mid September. It was reported fainter than 10 mag in late September. It may disappear soon. It turns to be in the morning sky after October.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 12 29.72 32 31.4 1.286 0.778 37 12.9 46.6 191.7 4:33 (235, 7)
Oct. 12 12 25.16 27 15.9 1.351 0.800 36 13.2 45.2 189.6 4:39 (244, 11)
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Appearing at dawn. It will be bright as 10-11 mag for a long time from winter to spring.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 11 15.59 6 45.7 3.174 2.301 24 13.1 31.0 113.9 4:33 (266, 6)
Oct. 12 11 28.92 5 17.0 3.121 2.286 27 12.9 31.2 114.1 4:39 (270, 9)
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It seems to keep 12 mag recently.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 20 31.48 -18 32.0 5.322 5.802 114 13.4 0.7 360.0 19:35 ( 0, 36)
Oct. 12 20 31.77 -18 26.0 5.426 5.800 107 13.4 1.5 49.9 19:08 ( 0, 37)
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Recovered as bright as expected on Aug. 26. However, it did not come to bright after this, and still keeps 16.5 mag. It is expected to reach to 10-11 mag in the evening sky during winter and spring, but...
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 19 58.29 -29 23.2 1.690 2.162 104 13.7 13.9 27.9 19:03 ( 0, 26)
Oct. 12 20 2.60 -27 55.7 1.725 2.116 98 13.5 16.0 37.3 18:53 ( 3, 27)
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Stellar object. It will reach to 13 mag at the end of this year. In the northern hemisphere, it keeps low in the south after this. Akimasa Nakamura reported that it was so faint as 17.4 mag on July 31.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 16 47.13 -33 48.5 2.054 1.843 63 13.6 31.7 86.7 19:03 ( 38, 8)
Oct. 12 17 5.44 -33 32.3 2.067 1.801 60 13.5 33.7 85.5 18:53 ( 38, 8)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 16 33.15 18 19.2 5.591 5.185 61 13.9 8.6 93.9 19:03 ( 84, 42)
Oct. 12 16 37.58 18 16.0 5.650 5.184 57 13.9 9.4 91.7 18:53 ( 86, 39)
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It is as faint as 15 mag by CCD.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 13 48.94 50 35.7 4.272 3.821 56 14.0 18.6 141.5 19:03 (135, 25)
Oct. 12 13 57.25 48 57.8 4.292 3.845 57 14.0 17.6 139.4 18:53 (135, 23)
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It became a bit brighter than expected, reached to 14 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 22 3.49 -4 47.8 0.933 1.812 139 14.2 23.0 140.7 21:08 ( 0, 50)
Oct. 12 22 10.96 -6 42.9 0.979 1.818 133 14.3 22.9 131.1 20:48 ( 0, 48)
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It will be observable in good condition at 11-12 mag in early 2003 and 2003 autumn.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 10 2.30 -2 47.9 4.634 3.921 39 14.4 4.0 148.4 4:33 (285, 15)
Oct. 12 10 3.06 -3 12.1 4.498 3.875 46 14.2 3.7 162.1 4:39 (290, 22)
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New comet. Although it will keep the current magnitude for a while, it will not be observable in November.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 17 6.47 6 48.4 1.477 1.421 66 14.4 42.9 216.8 19:03 ( 65, 41)
Oct. 12 16 56.10 3 9.6 1.614 1.373 57 14.4 34.2 213.8 18:53 ( 67, 33)
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New comet. Moving within 1 deg with C/2002 Q3 ( LINEAR ). Because it is extremely diffused, it is hard to observe. It will fade out quickly after this.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 19 25.76 -0 1.1 0.929 1.487 100 14.8 93.5 165.1 19:03 ( 14, 54)
Oct. 12 19 36.70 -9 9.0 1.073 1.538 95 15.2 70.8 161.4 18:53 ( 14, 44)
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It will be observable again at 15 mag in 2003 after the conjunction.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 15 16.54 -10 53.1 3.421 2.713 38 14.9 11.7 176.9 19:03 ( 70, 9)
Oct. 12 15 17.11 -12 13.0 3.520 2.727 32 15.0 11.3 171.3 18:53 ( 71, 5)
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After conjunction, it will appear at dawn at 14 mag in January.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 13 29.61 -3 46.2 3.746 2.774 11 15.0 25.6 115.3 19:03 ( 91, -8)
Oct. 12 13 40.54 -5 2.4 3.740 2.756 8 14.9 25.9 114.7 18:53 ( 91,-10)
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New comet. Moving within 1 deg with C/2002 Q2 ( LINEAR ). Because it is extremely diffused, it is hard to observe. It will fade out quickly after this.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 19 24.00 0 52.2 0.926 1.481 100 15.2 94.9 164.8 19:03 ( 15, 54)
Oct. 12 19 35.29 -8 24.5 1.068 1.532 95 15.7 72.2 161.2 18:53 ( 14, 45)
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It will be naked eye object in 2004. It is only 16 mag now and locates low in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 2 50.05 -37 34.7 6.231 6.898 128 15.9 10.3 221.2 1:57 ( 0, 17)
Oct. 12 2 45.79 -38 26.6 6.165 6.837 128 15.8 10.4 226.8 1:25 ( 0, 17)
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It brightened rapidly and reached to 14 mag. But it has already started to fade out. Total 20 nuclei have been discovered.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 20 42.01 -15 48.4 1.144 1.831 117 15.9 21.4 83.2 19:47 ( 0, 39)
Oct. 12 20 52.69 -15 26.9 1.221 1.853 112 16.3 23.1 81.1 19:30 ( 0, 40)
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It will be observable in good condition at 14 mag in winter. No observations have been reported since 2001 November.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 8 24.55 16 18.7 2.172 2.006 67 16.2 32.5 99.5 4:33 (284, 46)
Oct. 12 8 40.04 15 39.3 2.088 1.986 70 16.1 32.3 100.3 4:39 (288, 49)
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New asteroid with a cometary orbit. It will be as bright as 15.5 mag in October.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 3 43.05 16 18.3 1.671 2.474 134 16.4 47.7 289.9 2:51 ( 0, 71)
Oct. 12 3 19.03 18 11.0 1.581 2.475 146 16.1 55.6 286.7 1:59 ( 0, 73)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 1 4.19 -1 0.2 4.349 5.342 172 17.0 10.6 274.7 0:12 ( 0, 54)
Oct. 12 0 59.27 -0 53.5 4.399 5.389 171 17.0 10.5 275.8 23:34 ( 0, 54)
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Recovered 3 mag fainter than expected. Although it will be at the peak in 2003 January and be observable in good condition, it may reach to 15 mag at best.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 7 13.08 19 53.7 1.796 1.968 84 17.2 32.1 92.9 4:33 (296, 62)
Oct. 12 7 28.90 19 40.3 1.707 1.940 87 17.0 31.8 93.8 4:39 (302, 65)
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New comet. It will be observable at 16-17 mag until the end of 2003.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 3 55.37 21 35.2 3.726 4.439 130 17.1 19.4 268.6 3:02 ( 0, 77)
Oct. 12 3 44.96 21 29.3 3.602 4.410 139 17.0 22.1 266.9 2:25 ( 0, 77)
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It became 17 mag, brighter than expected. It keeps 17 mag in the high position until December.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 5 31.12 32 13.2 2.602 3.056 107 17.1 8.1 56.1 4:33 (342, 87)
Oct. 12 5 34.25 32 44.6 2.529 3.068 113 17.1 6.4 45.8 4:13 ( 0, 88)
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New periodic comet. It will go southwards while fading out after this.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 5 25.24 -21 54.7 1.169 1.735 106 17.2 30.7 155.9 4:31 ( 0, 33)
Oct. 12 5 30.49 -25 5.2 1.178 1.770 108 17.3 27.5 163.0 4:09 ( 0, 30)
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Appearing at dawn. It keeps 17 mag until next April.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 9 11.43 8 12.5 5.821 5.298 54 17.4 10.3 87.5 4:33 (284, 32)
Oct. 12 9 16.13 8 16.4 5.741 5.311 59 17.3 9.6 86.0 4:39 (289, 38)
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It is a far object. It will be 17 mag all through in 2003 and 2004.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 18 35.61 13 19.2 6.176 6.246 89 17.4 3.8 237.5 19:03 ( 46, 61)
Oct. 12 18 34.37 13 5.6 6.260 6.227 83 17.4 2.7 227.1 18:53 ( 53, 58)
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It locates high until October at 17.5 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 4 55.16 0 53.8 3.097 3.658 116 17.5 23.1 207.9 4:02 ( 0, 56)
Oct. 12 4 49.55 -1 31.2 3.035 3.688 124 17.5 24.8 212.2 3:29 ( 0, 54)
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It will be fainter than 18 mag in November.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 18 7.55 26 27.4 2.799 2.876 84 17.5 3.4 245.4 19:03 ( 78, 65)
Oct. 12 18 6.62 26 19.3 2.903 2.895 79 17.6 1.1 214.0 18:53 ( 82, 61)
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It locates high until December at 17.5 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 18 48.29 66 52.5 4.234 4.431 94 17.6 23.2 173.5 19:03 (167, 57)
Oct. 12 18 51.99 64 11.5 4.242 4.438 94 17.6 23.2 170.2 18:53 (163, 58)
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It will be 17 mag in the evening sky until 2003 spring, then it will be in conjunction with the sun. After the perihelion passage, it will appear at dawn at 15.5 mag, then it will fade out.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Oct. 5 0 8.93 -6 27.6 1.883 2.864 166 17.8 13.0 237.7 23:12 ( 0, 48)
Oct. 12 0 3.92 -7 13.5 1.882 2.834 158 17.7 11.9 239.1 22:39 ( 0, 48)
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