Monthly Archives: November 2012

New comet C/2012 V2 (LINEAR)

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Luca Buzzi

C/2012 V2 (LINEAR) was discovered by the LINEAR survey using a 1.0-m f/2.15 reflector from Socorro, NM. Their moving object detection proedure is not visually inspected by members of the LINEAR team, so cometary appearance at first was not detected. … Continue reading →

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Confirmation of the new comet C/2012 V1 (PANSTARRS)

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Luca Buzzi

C/2012 V1 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the PANSTARRS survey using a 1.8-m f/4.4 reflector from Haleakala, HI. Larry Denneau, Richard Wainscoat and Henry Hsieh noted a diffuse, non-stellar appearance on four 45 seconds w-band images, and subsequently it was posted … Continue reading →

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