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).
Entries from February 2007
14.01.2007 Recovery of the comet P/2001 Petriew
February 24, 2007 at 3:13am
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 […]