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It brightened rapidly in November. Now it is as bright as 5.5 mag. In the Northern Hemisphere, it will be unobservable after mid December until late February when it appears at dawn.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 1 33.43 4 56.6 0.318 1.230 134 4.9 245.7 210.6 20:47 ( 0, 58)
Dec. 8 0 36.76 -18 45.3 0.340 1.116 103 4.7 209.1 211.2 19:24 ( 0, 35)
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It has passed the peak and is fading now, but still bright. It is observable in good condition until to fade out.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 11 34.44 33 9.2 1.299 1.617 88 11.3 34.2 71.2 5:19 (269, 70)
Dec. 8 11 51.77 34 28.3 1.292 1.659 92 11.6 31.5 68.0 5:25 (266, 74)
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It bursted out and reached to 10 mag, then fade a bit to 11 mag. Very diffused. It is fading after this, but keeps observable for a while in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 18 24.89 65 21.9 1.045 1.436 89 11.6 19.3 193.7 18:18 (149, 40)
Dec. 8 18 21.42 63 32.8 1.113 1.457 87 11.9 12.7 189.5 18:18 (147, 37)
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It became brighter than expected and reached to 12 mag. It will keep the current brightness until mid December. It locates in the evening sky until 2002 April.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 22 3.92 -27 18.6 1.071 1.254 75 12.6 55.1 74.5 18:18 ( 13, 27)
Dec. 8 22 31.82 -25 21.5 1.084 1.258 74 12.7 57.1 71.3 18:18 ( 14, 28)
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New comet. It brightened a bit after the discovery and now it is 12 mag. Because it moves southwards, Northern people can observe it only until mid December.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 18 36.96 14 41.1 1.495 1.114 48 12.8 68.6 150.3 18:18 ( 88, 28)
Dec. 8 18 52.02 8 12.2 1.600 1.081 41 12.7 59.5 150.3 18:18 ( 84, 22)
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It will be observable at 13 mag until 2002 September.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 23 18.95 56 54.5 3.279 3.801 114 12.8 11.5 240.7 18:37 (180, 68)
Dec. 8 23 11.44 56 14.9 3.321 3.779 110 12.8 9.5 234.2 18:18 (174, 69)
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Not yet observed in this return. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is observable in the evening sky until mid December when it will be 12 mag. In the Northern Hemisphere, it appears after perihelion passage, late January, but will be fainter than 12 mag. So visual observation will be impossible.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 18 23.01 -48 6.1 1.743 1.091 34 14.0 22.0 70.2 18:18 ( 40,-13)
Dec. 8 18 38.20 -47 7.3 1.637 0.949 31 13.4 25.1 67.9 18:18 ( 42,-14)
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Low in the evening sky. It will appear again at dawn in 2001 April.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 19 16.09 -25 7.5 6.623 5.882 38 13.9 10.8 78.2 18:18 ( 49, 10)
Dec. 8 19 21.65 -24 51.6 6.686 5.880 32 13.9 11.2 78.1 18:18 ( 53, 7)
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Some reported it at 12 mag. Northern people can never see it again.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 21 15.13 -51 36.0 4.288 3.919 61 14.4 3.3 354.0 18:18 ( 16, 0)
Dec. 8 21 15.41 -51 14.0 4.418 3.959 56 14.5 3.2 19.3 18:18 ( 20, -1)
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It is observable until 2002 autumn at 15 mag. But it is as faint as 16 mag by CCD.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 11 9.71 71 60.0 4.534 4.922 107 14.7 8.8 50.3 5:19 (189, 52)
Dec. 8 11 19.25 72 39.9 4.499 4.926 110 14.7 8.1 44.0 5:25 (186, 52)
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It appears low in the evening sky from December to January even in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 22 39.58 -45 35.4 3.625 3.528 76 14.8 21.1 22.3 18:18 ( 3, 9)
Dec. 8 22 45.14 -43 20.2 3.732 3.557 72 14.9 21.1 25.3 18:18 ( 8, 11)
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New asteroid. It will approach to the earth and reach to 13.8 mag in January and February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 8 11.84 26 14.4 0.705 1.532 129 15.2 29.7 73.5 3:32 ( 0, 81)
Dec. 8 8 26.43 27 17.6 0.653 1.508 133 14.9 28.9 70.3 3:19 ( 0, 82)
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It has been 16 mag since July. Then it must have fade out, but on the contraty it brightened and reached to 15 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 5 3.66 12 57.7 1.195 2.169 167 15.1 12.9 261.9 0:25 ( 0, 68)
Dec. 8 4 57.58 12 48.1 1.223 2.200 170 15.3 12.6 265.8 23:47 ( 0, 68)
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Faded rapidly and reached to 16.4 mag. But it suddenly brightened again to 14.7 mag on Nov. 27.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 10 34.20 -9 18.5 1.277 1.547 85 15.8 17.6 136.2 5:19 (348, 45)
Dec. 8 10 39.08 -10 42.3 1.271 1.613 90 16.2 13.9 143.3 5:25 (358, 44)
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It will be 14.5 mag in 2002 July. Although it will be unobesrvable in January, it will appear again at dawn soon.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 20 8.59 19 0.8 4.034 3.769 67 16.3 10.0 179.6 18:18 ( 78, 49)
Dec. 8 20 8.94 17 55.1 4.086 3.722 61 16.3 8.9 171.4 18:18 ( 82, 43)
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Appearing at dawn. It keeps the same brightness until 2002 April.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 13 35.28 -6 58.7 5.296 4.641 44 16.3 7.3 155.6 5:19 (298, 24)
Dec. 8 13 36.50 -7 44.3 5.248 4.688 50 16.3 6.7 161.4 5:25 (305, 29)
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It will be 15 mag in next spring at opposition.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 11 30.35 14 23.9 3.695 3.681 81 16.4 10.8 99.5 5:19 (309, 61)
Dec. 8 11 35.23 14 13.6 3.572 3.661 87 16.3 9.6 96.7 5:25 (322, 65)
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It had been in the southern sky, but appearing at dawn also in the Northern Hemisphere. It keeps the same brightness until 2002 February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 12 11.88 -23 14.6 2.932 2.564 58 16.4 7.6 263.8 5:19 (327, 24)
Dec. 8 12 7.38 -23 18.6 2.841 2.606 66 16.4 10.2 268.4 5:25 (335, 27)
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 20 52.76 -0 36.3 7.423 7.106 67 16.5 4.5 63.3 18:18 ( 46, 44)
Dec. 8 20 54.79 -0 21.1 7.570 7.152 61 16.6 5.2 63.7 18:18 ( 54, 40)
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New asteroid with 50-year period. It closes to the earth down to 0.55 AU in 2001 April and reaches to 14 mag.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 21 52.79 22 12.1 1.586 1.873 90 16.7 17.6 269.4 18:18 ( 53, 71)
Dec. 8 21 44.98 22 15.5 1.626 1.793 82 16.7 13.5 275.2 18:18 ( 67, 64)
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No observations reported recently. However, it had been hardly fading for almost one year after the perihelion passage in 2000 July, and was bright at 15 mag in 2001 May.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 7 18.26 -20 40.8 5.079 5.646 120 16.8 9.3 279.7 2:39 ( 0, 34)
Dec. 8 7 13.49 -20 26.6 5.060 5.693 125 16.9 10.3 284.1 2:07 ( 0, 35)
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It will be 10.5 mag in 2003 February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 1 14.63 22 16.9 4.129 4.879 135 17.0 6.4 255.7 20:32 ( 0, 77)
Dec. 8 1 11.82 22 6.5 4.153 4.821 127 16.9 5.1 254.5 20:02 ( 0, 77)
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It will keep 17 mag until 2002 March.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 10 46.82 2 58.9 6.252 6.276 86 16.9 4.5 313.3 5:19 (338, 56)
Dec. 8 10 45.02 3 22.2 6.148 6.302 94 16.9 5.7 309.0 5:25 (354, 58)
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It will pass the perihelion in 2002 April. The condition in this return is bad. It is only observable at 17 mag at best before perihelion passage.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 3 2.91 35 57.8 1.108 2.050 156 17.1 42.3 245.3 22:19 (180, 89)
Dec. 8 2 41.87 33 41.1 1.101 2.006 148 17.2 41.0 239.5 21:31 ( 0, 89)
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It keeps 17 mag until 2002 February, but locates low in the south.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 11 46.16 -8 7.2 3.093 2.890 69 17.2 17.6 125.8 5:19 (324, 40)
Dec. 8 11 52.58 -9 18.0 3.021 2.910 74 17.2 16.3 127.6 5:25 (333, 42)
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Fading. It will be fainter than 18 mag in January.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 5 21.05 29 46.6 1.914 2.880 165 17.3 13.6 260.2 0:43 ( 0, 85)
Dec. 8 5 13.76 29 28.1 1.934 2.913 172 17.4 13.9 257.9 0:08 ( 0, 84)
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Appearing at dawn. It will be 12.4 mag in 2003 February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 11 54.37 -12 23.0 6.454 6.115 65 17.4 2.7 182.6 5:19 (325, 35)
Dec. 8 11 54.07 -12 40.9 6.285 6.064 72 17.3 2.7 205.3 5:25 (334, 38)
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Fading now and it will be fainter than 18 mag in late December.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 1 20.69 25 9.7 1.599 2.415 137 17.3 3.7 175.9 20:39 ( 0, 80)
Dec. 8 1 21.54 24 46.5 1.684 2.442 130 17.5 4.2 133.9 20:12 ( 0, 80)
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It will be 15.5 mag in the evening sky in 2002 spring.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 4 55.92 68 55.8 1.843 2.614 132 17.5 15.5 297.4 0:18 (180, 56)
Dec. 8 4 36.86 69 32.7 1.797 2.572 133 17.4 15.4 283.2 23:25 (180, 55)
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It will be 10.5 mag in 2003 spring.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 6 20.99 27 54.2 2.443 3.357 153 17.5 9.3 279.1 1:42 ( 0, 83)
Dec. 8 6 15.72 28 3.7 2.381 3.331 161 17.4 10.8 276.6 1:10 ( 0, 83)
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It will be observable at 17 mag in January and February.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 9 31.44 15 38.2 2.968 3.414 108 17.5 4.9 94.5 4:52 ( 0, 71)
Dec. 8 9 33.34 15 37.9 2.873 3.413 115 17.5 3.0 84.0 4:26 ( 0, 71)
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New comet. Now it is at the peak.
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Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Mot.(') p.a. Best Time(A, h)
Dec. 1 7 17.35 18 29.0 1.572 2.415 140 17.8 53.1 309.6 2:39 ( 0, 73)
Dec. 8 6 54.72 22 36.3 1.487 2.408 153 17.7 61.7 306.5 1:49 ( 0, 77)
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