[vsnet-chat 5873] Re: Pre-discovery rendezvous of C/2002 Y1

[Seiichi Yoshida <comet@aerith.net>]

Dear colleagues,

[vsnet-chat 5823]:
> It passed near by NGC 5172 on Dec. 30, just after the discovery. SN
> 1998cc and SN 2001R have appeared in NGC 5172. So if Juels and
> Holvorcem have missed it, it might be caught by supernova hunters.

It also has passed by some galaxies before discovery.

Please see the web pages for more information:

  http://vsnet.aerith.net/comet/rendezvous/current.html

Best regards,

2002 Dec. 30   6h UT  0.649 deg ( 38.9 arcmin)
  C/2002 Y1 ( Juels-Holvorcem )	13h27m.5  +17o32'  13.2 mag
  NGC5172 (Gx) 3.3'		13h29m.3  +17o03'  11.9 mag

2002 Dec. 14   6h UT  0.166 deg ( 10.0 arcmin)
  C/2002 Y1 ( Juels-Holvorcem )	12h59m.9  +12o38'  14.1 mag
  NGC4880 (Gx) 3.3'		13h00m.2  +12o29'  12.0 mag

2002 Dec.  9   3h UT  0.396 deg ( 23.7 arcmin)
  C/2002 Y1 ( Juels-Holvorcem )	12h52m.2  +11o35'  14.4 mag
  NGC4762 (Gx) 8.7'		12h52m.9  +11o14'  10.2 mag

2002 Dec.  8  21h UT  0.256 deg ( 15.3 arcmin)
  C/2002 Y1 ( Juels-Holvorcem )	12h51m.8  +11o33'  14.4 mag
  NGC4754 (Gx) 4.7'		12h52m.3  +11o19'  10.6 mag

2002 Dec.  6   4h UT  0.113 deg (  6.8 arcmin)
  C/2002 Y1 ( Juels-Holvorcem )	12h47m.9  +11o05'  14.6 mag
  NGC4694 (Gx) 3.6'		12h48m.2  +10o59'  12.0 mag

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Seiichi Yoshida
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