IAU A79

Cometary features of the NEOCP object BQ95053 was detected using a stack of 15 unfiltered exposures, 40 seconds each, obtained on 2009, October 29.06 UT. Even after this short expose time the object reveals the presence of well visible coma nearly 10 arcsec in diameter and tail around 30 arcsec. Unfortunately, we observed the new comet just before the clouds totally to cover the sky and were not able to detect more details. The preliminary orbit for the comet P/2009 U6 (LINEAR) shows perihelion already on Aug. 11, 2009, at about 1.5 AU. The period is about 7.3 years. The comet was very close to the 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann and 81P/Wild. A prediscovery images and further details you can find here or here. (IAUC 9090, subscription required, MPEC 2009-U126)