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Cbet nr. 3439, issued on 2013, March 14, announces the discovery of a new comet (discovery magnitude ~14) by Masayuki Iwamoto (Awa, Tokushima-ken, Japan) on three 60-s CCD frames taken on March 10.8 & 11.8 with a Pentax 100-mm f/4 lens and a Canon EOS 5D  digital camera. The new comet has been designated C/2013 E2 (IWAMOTO).

Comet C/2013 E2 (IWAMOTO)

Photometric data obtained from FOCAS-II software

COD B96

CON BRIXIIS Observatory - Eyckensbeekstraat 2, B-9150 Kruibeke, Belgium

CATALOG: USNO A2.0 / CMC-14 - BAND: R

                                   10x10  20x20  30x30  40x40  50x50  60x60   SNR   SB   COD

OBJECT        DATE       TIME        +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-     N  FWHM  CAT

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C/2013 E2     06/09/2013 01:05:51  15.62  14.84  14.32  13.96  13.56  13.06  18.0  17.5  B96

C/2013 E2     06/09/2013 01:05:51*  0.04   0.03   0.06   0.08   0.11   0.14     3   3.8  USN

                                                                     AFRHO         LOG

COMET         UTC                   DELTA    r    BOX "   MAG   RSR    CM    +/-  AFRHO  OBS

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C/2013 E2     06/09/2013 01:05:51    1.91   2.79  14.43  15.23   18    221    12  2.345  B96