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Year Mn Day MM Mag Ref Scope Pwr coma DC tail p.a. Obs Site 2009 11 18.77 S 9.2 TK 20.3T 100 4 2/ GON Pico Cueto - Busfrio - Cudillero, Asturias (Significantly brighter than expected. Elongated wide coma with faint outer region. Mountain location, very clear sky. End of astronomical twilight. Altitude: 9 deg.)
2005 10 24.82 S[12.4 AU 40.0L 144 !0.9 YOS Gunma, Japan (I could not observe it due to bad weather when the comet was bright. Now I could observe it finally, but it was already too faint to see. The low sky was not clear in the morning and faint stars were hard to see.) 2005 10 7.20 S 12.3 TK 20.3T 133 1.5 2 GON Alto del Castro - Aralla, León (Mountain location, very clear sky. Zodiacal light. Altitude: 17 deg. Comet close to star of mag. 12.2 [HS].) 2005 9 14.19 S 10.3 TK 20.3T 100 3 2/ GON Alto del Castro - Aralla, León (Mountain location, very clear sky. Zodiacal light. Altitude: 12 deg.) 2005 8 2.950 I 14.9 HN 31.0J 155 9 DIJ Sint Annen 2005 8 2.949 I 15.0 HN 31.0J 155 9 BOU Sint Annen (Faint stellar object. Motion near star of magn. 12.8 [HS] obvious over a 10m period. Comparison stars used from Henden photometry near Z UMi.)