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Comet 195P/HILL - (= P/2006 W4 (HILL))

Discovery: ( IAUC 8779 )

R. E. Hill reports the discovery of a comet in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey (discovery observation below), the object noted as having a tail about 15" long to the west-northwest. Following posting on the Minor Planet Center's 'NEOCP' webpage, the object has been found to show cometary appearance by other CCD observers, including G. Hug (Eskridge, KS, 0.7-m reflector, Nov. 23.2 UT; diffuse with a slight coma extension in p.a. about 310 deg) and P. Birtwhistle (Great Shefford, Berkshire, England, 0.40-m reflector, Nov. 24.0; very concentrated, almost-stellar coma of diameter 6" with a tail about 6" wide and 30" long in p.a. 285 deg).  It will be at perihelion at 4.4 AU in January 2009, and has a period of 16.5 years.

Recovery: