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Year Mn Day    MM  Mag Ref Scope Pwr coma  DC tail p.a. Obs  Site
2003 10 13.45   S[13.0 HS  28.0T 133 ! 1                MAT  Wallaroo, SA
(Milky way interference.)
2003  9 21.43   S 12.9 HS  28.0T 133   1   2            MAT  Wallaroo, SA
(Milky way interference.)
2003  9 19.45   S 12.7 GA  25.4L  71                    SEA  Cowra, NSW
2003  8 28.48   S 12.1 GA  25.4L  71   2   2            SEA  Cowra, NSW
2003  8 26.47   S 11.7 TK  28.0T 133   2   3            MAT  Wallaroo, SA
(Lightcurve is virtually identical to its 1944 apparition. Expect peak brightness of 11.5 at its next 
return in May 2018.)
2003  8 26.44   S 12.0 GA  25.4L  71   2                SEA  Cowra, NSW
(Comet was very diffuse, but possibly a little enhanced through Swan Band filter.)
2003  8 15.41   S 12.0 TK  28.0T 133   2   2            MAT  Wallaroo, SA
(Slight enhancement with Swan band filter.)
2003  7 29.44   S 12.4 TK  28.0T 133   2   2            MAT  Wallaroo, SA
2003  7 27.46   S 12.3 TK  28.0T 133   2   2            MAT  Wallaroo, SA
2003  7 22.43   S 12.4 TK  28.0T 133   2   2            MAT  Wallaroo, SA
(HS comparisons give mag 12.9. Slight enhancement with a swan band filter.)
2003  7 17.44   S 13.3 HS  28.0T 133   2   2            MAT  Wallaroo, SA
(This may be the first visual observation of this comet since its discovery apparition in 1944.
Slight enhancement with a Swan band filter.)