Re: [BAA Comets] Re: A/2025A1
Tim Haymes 13 Mar 2026 09:06 UTC
Hi Denis,
Thanks for noticing my mistake. I attach a corrected version.
Cheers
Tim
On 12/03/2026 18:46, denis buczynski - buczynski8166 at btinternet.com
(via baa-comet list) wrote:
> Hi Tim,
> You have annotated the image A/2026 A1 instead of A/2025A1.
> Best wishes
> Denis
>
>
>
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> Hi Nick, All:
>
> Clear and dark this evening 2026 Mar 11.9
>
> AK25A010 KC2026 03 11.94097 08 23 21.79 +37 44 56.2 18.22R
> Y98 0.75 arcsec/pix
>
> C11, F5.8, QHY174mGPS 38 x 1min track and stack. 9pix rad with
> Astrometrica, UCAC4, no filter.
>
> Appears elongated about 9 arcsec. The nearby bright star is TYC
> 2974-1998-1
>
> Tim Haymes
> Steeple Aston
> Oxfordshire
>
>
>
> On 08/03/2026 15:09, Nick James wrote:
> > That's a good catch Denis. It clearly is a comet!
> >
> > This object was discovered on 2025 January 2 at Mt. Lemmon:
> >
> > https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25AA8.html
> >
> > It is in a cometary orbit and it gets to a distant perihelion (5.34
> > au) in 2027 March in but it has not shown any signs of cometary
> > activity up to now. It is well-placed for observation from the UK
> > moving very slowly through Lynx and images over the next few weeks
> > would allow us to track its behaviour. Please obtain magnitude
> > estimates in a 9 arcsec radius if you can. It is around 18th
> magnituxde.
> >
> > The latest observations in the MPC database are here:
> >
> >
> https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=AK25A010
> >
> >
> > Nick.
> >
> >
> > On 08/03/2026 13:38, denis buczynski - buczynski8166 at btinternet.com
> > (via baa-comet list) wrote:
> >> I observed A 2025 A1 this week and found that it displayed cometary
> >> features (coma and a short broad tail) I asked Dan Green ICQ to ask
> >> for confirmation. He replied back " David Rankin (Catalina) and Rob
> >> Weryk (PanSTARRS)
> >> both confirm their their recent images show cometary appearance."
> >> Can other imagers add this object to their observing run.
> >> Denis Buczynski MPC I81
> >> Image attached
> >
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