During A79 search for MBA, three new asteroids were discovered: 2007 PQ28, 2007 PN29 and 2007 QD2 (see results). Continue Reading →
16.08-22.08.2007 Discovery of 3 main belt asteroids: 2007 PQ28, 2007 PN 29 and 2007 QD2
August 26, 2007 at 8:54pm
16.08.2007 Rediscovery of the Mars-crosser 2007 OB2
August 26, 2007 at 8:05pm
On 16/08/2007 we tried to recover the comet P/1998 VS24 LINEAR, but found a new brilliant object (17.9m). The body was independently observed by Giovanni Sostero during the same night. The asteroid had a motion in the opposite direction to the surrounded objects and the possibility to be a new NEA was small (about 13%). We suspected that this could be a new comet, but the Giovanni’s observations rejected the hypothesis. Continue Reading →
22.07-03.08.2007 Early observations of the comets 136P and 108P
August 26, 2007 at 6:16pm
The comets 136P and 108P were recovered by Giovanni Sostero team (Remanzacco observatory-MPC code 473) and independently confirmed by us few days later (see MPEC 2007-P07 and 2007-O49). F. Fratev and V. Radeva performed a photometry in R band of 108P with help of 50/70 Schmidt telescope at NAO “Rhozen” (MPC 071). This is the first observations of the comets in their return in 2007.
20.07.2007 Recovery of the comet P/2002 O5 (NEAT)
July 21, 2007 at 9:18pm
A79 team searched for the comet several days and after the observations made by LINEAR project the object was detected on 16/07/2007 at about 1.8 degree from the predicted position. We measured a coma diameter about 25 arc sec and total magnitude 16.0R (see IAUC 8856). Continue Reading →
18.07.2007 Comet activity detection
July 21, 2007 at 9:08pm
The comet activity of the object temporary designed as a BD97323 was found on the images taken from A79 on 18/07/2007. A coma diameter of 14 arc sec was measured. After the observations of other observatories the new comet C/2007 O1 (LINEAR) was announced (see IAUC 8858 and MPEC 2007-O10). The preliminary orbit shows that 17m comet already passed perihelion on July 01, 2007.
14.01.2007 Recovery of the comet P/2001 Petriew
February 24, 2007 at 3:13am
A79 team recovered this comet on 11/01/2007 as a diffuse object at 16.1R magnitude and coma diameter of about 0.2 arc min (IAUC 8795, see results). Continue Reading →
13.01.2007 C/2006 P1 observations
February 24, 2007 at 3:11am
The brightest comet to be seen in 42 years approached to within 0.17 AU of the Sun on 12 January 2007. Predictions of a bright comet proved correct, and the comet continues to put on a magnificent display for southern hemisphere observers. A79 team performed a set of astrometric observations of C/2006 P1, 20 days after the comet discovery (MPEC 2006-Q1), when it was about 16.5-17 magnitude. Continue Reading →