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COMET C/2022 Q2 (ATLAS)

Photometric data obtained from FOCAS-II software

CATALOG: Gaia DR2 - BAND: G

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COMET         UTC                    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-    +/-     N  FWHM  CAT

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                                                                     AFRHO         LOG

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

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Af(rho) data according the CARA-approach is available via request to CARA-coordinator

http://cara.uai.it

Comet C/2022 Q2 (ATLAS) (astro.vanbuitenen.nl)

Discovery:  [ CBET 5167 : 20220907 : COMET C/2022 Q2 (ATLAS)]

     A. Aletti and L. Buzzi report cometary activity of a NEOCP object -- first observed by ATLAS-MLO (T08) on Aug. 27 UT -- in 59 stacked 60-second follow-up images taken on Aug. 28 UT at Schiaparelli Southern Observatory (M21), noting a condensed 5" coma and a straight 10" tail at position angle 265 deg.

Additional reports of cometary features are as follows:

OC   Date        Reporter           Coma    Tail    PA          Exposures

U69  2022-08-30  H. Sato            8"                         10x60s

G00  2022-09-02  M. Jaeger         18"                         11x210s

G00  2022-09-03  M. Jaeger         18"                          9x120s

W88  2022-09-03  B. Lutkenhoner     7"                         20x50s

W88  2022-09-03  N. Paul            6".7                       20x50s

MPEC R123: COMET C/2022 Q2 (ATLAS)