[IAUC] CBET 4015: 20141114 : COMET P/2014 V1 (PANSTARRS)
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Electronic Telegram No. 4015
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
CBAT Director: Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University;
20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA 02138; U.S.A.
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COMET P/2014 V1 (PANSTARRS)
R. Wainscoat reports the discovery of a comet in three w-band CCD
exposures taken with the 1.8-m Pan-STARRS1 telescope at Haleakala on Nov. 9
(discovery observations tabulated below), the object appearing slightly
extended and asymmetric, with an extension toward p.a. approximately 60
degrees in each image. The object was faint and in a crowded star field.
2014 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag.
Nov. 9.21078 20 12 09.16 -11 11 50.2 20.1
9.21605 20 12 09.60 -11 11 51.3 19.9
9.22134 20 12 10.05 -11 11 52.4 20.0
On Nov. 13 UT, Wainscoat obtained six 60-s r-band follow-up exposures using
the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (queue observer P. Forshay), tracked at the
object's rate of motion; these exposures show the object to be extended with a
broad tail extending for approximately 6" in p.a. approximately 60 deg. R. A.
Mastaler writes that his CCD exposures taken on Nov. 12.1 with the Spacewatch
1.8-m f/2.7 reflector at Kitt Peak show the comet in a dense star field at red
mag 18.7-18.8 and with a tail 6"-8" long in p.a. about 45-50 deg.
The available astrometry, the following elliptical orbital elements by
G. V. Williams, and an ephemeris appear on MPEC 2014-V52.
T = 2014 Dec. 18.5104 TT Peri. = 168.0037
e = 0.376551 Node = 165.8715 2000.0
q = 2.593316 AU Incl. = 23.0042
a = 4.159628 AU n = 0.1161776 P = 8.48 years
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2014 November 14 (CBET 4015) Daniel W. E. Green
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