Comet C/2006 W3 (CHRISTENSEN)

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Observation date	image	Photometry (FOCAS)	Afρ	astrometry	Observatory
20080903	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20080912	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20080920	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20081111	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20081207	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20081228	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20081229	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20081230	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090622	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090623	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090701	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090713	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090715	X		X		H10 - Tzec Maun
20090717	X		X		H10 - Tzec Maun
20090720	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090727	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090803	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090804	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090805	X		X		H10 - Tzec Maun
20090827	X		X		H10 - Tzec Maun
20090829	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090910	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090919	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20090922	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20091008	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS
20091017	X		X		B96 - BRIXIIS

Comet C/2006 W3 (CHRISTENSEN)

IAUC 8777 : COMET C/2006 W3 (CHRISTENSEN)

Discovery:

E. J. Christensen reports his discovery of a comet of 18th magnitude on 2006 nov. 18 on Catalina Sky Survey images obtained in good seeing with the 0.68-m Schmidt telescope ; four 60-s exposures showed a 15" coma extended very slightly toward p.a. 70-100 deg.

confirmation of cometary activity was made , after posting on the Minor Planet Center's 'NEOCP' webpage , by L. Buzzi and F. Luppi (Varese, Italy) on Nov. 19.1 UT, P. Birtwhistle (Great Shefford, Berkshire, England,) on Nov. 19.1, J. McGaha (Tucson, AZ,) on Nov. 19.4, J. G. Ries (McDonald Observatory) Nov. 19.4.