59P/Kearns-Kwee
E. Kearns and K. Kwee from Palomar Observatory, California, USA found this comet at August,17 1963.
The latest IAU telegrams or the latest CBET's. IAUC Astronomical Headlines.
Minor
planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris,
the comet on
Seiichi Yoshida's Homepage,
Gary W. Kronk's Cometography
Light
curves on Cometas Obs,
JPL Small body
database
� 2009-03-19 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany Full Pixel version
3 x 3 min. exposure,
2009-03-19, UT 19:41 to
19:50, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
17.61 mag
59P/Kearns-Kwee � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-18 B/W
5 x 3 min. exposure,
2009-03-18, UT 19:25 to
19:41, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
17.57mag, coma: 0'10", tail: 30" in PA 59�
59P/Kearns-Kwee � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-03-17 B/W
5 x 3 min. exposure,
2009-03-17, UT 19:31 to
19:47, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
17.80mag, coma: 0'10", tail: 30" in PA 59�
59P/Kearns-Kwee � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2009-02-18 B/W
10 x 3 min. exposure,
2009-02-18, UT 18:19 to
18:50, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
17.29mag, coma: 0'13", tail: 30" in PA 78�
At December, 19 2008 I took a series of 8 images, 5 minutes each.
59P/Kearns-Kwee � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2008-12-19 B/W Documentation of the Photometry
8 x 5 min. exposure,
2008-12-19, UT 21:32 to
22:13, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
17.59 mag, coma: 10", tail: 30" in PA 90�
At December, 14 2008 I took a series of 60 images, 3 minutes each. The decresent Moon had a phase of 90%.
59P/Kearns-Kwee � by Bernhard Haeusler, 2008-12-14 B/W Documentation of the Photometry
60 x 3 min. exposure,
2008-12-14, UT 20:51 to
23:57, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
17.11 mag, coma: 10", tail: 30" in PA 90�