[meteorite-list] Probable amateur comet discovery

[Walter Branch]

Rob-

That is interesting.  Do you have RA and Dec coordinates?

-Walter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 7:02 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Probable amateur comet discovery


> Hi All,
>
> An intriguing story is developing over on the Minor Planet Mailing
> List.  It appears that a comet has been discovered by some unknown
> party located in the western U.S. (based on the times of the two
> discovery images).  The object has been confirmed today by two
> observatories: Ageo (349) and Moriyama (900), both in Japan.
> What's unusual is that the object does NOT appear to have been
> found using a CCD-equipped telescope. I have a feeling it was
> found visually, either with a backyard telescope or very large
> binoculars.  --Rob
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