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MPEC 2005-N74 : COMET C/2005 N5 (CATALINA)

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M.P.E.C. 2005-N74                                Issued 2005 July 14, 16:06 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

                  Supported in part by the Brinson Foundation
             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                          COMET C/2005 N5 (CATALINA)

Observations:
    CK05N050  C2005 07 12.43721 00 52 02.90 +04 49 40.2          17.2 N EN074703
    CK05N050  C2005 07 12.44318 00 52 03.88 +04 49 40.2          17.3 N EN074703
    CK05N050  C2005 07 12.44919 00 52 04.83 +04 49 38.7                 EN074703
    CK05N050  C2005 07 12.45514 00 52 05.86 +04 49 39.6          17.4 N EN074703
    CK05N050  C2005 07 12.97434 00 53 32.79 +04 48 37.3          18.1 N EN074A50
    CK05N050  C2005 07 12.97664 00 53 33.16 +04 48 37.1          18.1 N EN074A50
    CK05N050  C2005 07 12.97741 00 53 33.22 +04 48 37.1          18.1 N EN074A50
    CK05N050  C2005 07 12.97895 00 53 33.53 +04 48 37.2          17.8 N EN074A50
    CK05N050  C2005 07 12.97971 00 53 33.55 +04 48 37.1          17.8 N EN074A50
    CK05N050  C2005 07 13.07291 00 53 49.26 +04 48 26.2                 EN074J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 13.07645 00 53 49.86 +04 48 25.8                 EN074J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 13.07998 00 53 50.40 +04 48 24.9          18.1 N EN074J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 13.39075 00 54 42.54 +04 47 48.8          18.2 N EN074H06
    CK05N050  C2005 07 13.39348 00 54 42.90 +04 47 49.4          18.2 N EN074H06
    CK05N050  C2005 07 13.39617 00 54 43.36 +04 47 50.9          18.2 N EN074H06
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.03152 00 56 29.95 +04 46 23.3          18.6 N EN074198
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.03259 00 56 30.13 +04 46 23.1          18.5 N EN074198
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.03313 00 56 30.22 +04 46 23.0          18.6 N EN074198
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.03420 00 56 30.39 +04 46 22.7          18.6 N EN074198
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.04225 00 56 31.72 +04 46 21.1          18.6 N EN074198
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.08152 00 56 38.32 +04 46 15.7                 EN074J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.08953 00 56 39.67 +04 46 14.7                 EN074J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.09709 00 56 40.92 +04 46 13.7          18.9 N EN074J95
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.30514 00 57 16.01 +04 45 45.4          17.6 N EN074734
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.30956 00 57 16.79 +04 45 44.2          18.8 N EN074734
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.31400 00 57 17.42 +04 45 44.1          18.4 N EN074734
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.31843 00 57 18.10 +04 45 43.1          19.0 N EN074734
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.38206 00 57 28.85 +04 45 35.0          18.5 T EN074673
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.39248 00 57 30.48 +04 45 33.3                 EN074673
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.40266 00 57 32.18 +04 45 31.8                 EN074673
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.41285 00 57 33.97 +04 45 30.3                 EN074673
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.42986 00 57 36.80 +04 45 27.8                 EN074673
    CK05N050  C2005 07 14.44039 00 57 38.50 +04 45 26.1                 EN074673

Observer details:
198 Wildberg.  Observer R. Apitzsch.  0.35-m f/4.2 reflector + CCD.
673 Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood.  Observer J. Young.  0.6-m
    reflector + CCD.
703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observer A. Odell.  Measurers E. C. Beshore,
    C. M. Casey, E. J. Christensen, G. J. Garradd, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill,
    S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  0.68-m Schmidt + CCD.
734 Farpoint Observatory.  Observer G. Hug.  Measurer D. Tibbets.  0.7-m
    reflector + CCD.
A50 Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory.  Observer D. Kyrylenko.  0.6-m f/2.0
    reflector + CCD.
H06 New Mexico Skies Observatory.  Observer R. Hutsebaut.  0.25-m reflector
    + CCD.
J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.40-m f/6.0 Schmidt-Cassegrain
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
    C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
T 2005 Aug. 20.959 TT                                   MPC
q   1.64525              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  206.667       +0.985976       -0.083908
                   Node   156.745       +0.093673       +0.993653
e   1.0            Incl.   21.431       -0.138120       +0.074915
From 32 observations 2005 July 12-14.

Ephemeris:
    C/2005 N5 (Catalina)
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2005 07 09    00 42.51   +04 54.2    1.327    1.742    95.1    35.5  17.0
2005 07 19    01 10.45   +04 31.1    1.227    1.703    98.4    36.2  16.8
2005 07 29    01 38.73   +03 35.1    1.141    1.674   101.7    36.4  16.5
2005 08 08    02 06.65   +02 03.4    1.071    1.654   105.0    36.3  16.3
2005 08 18    02 33.34   -00 03.2    1.015    1.646   108.5    35.7  16.2
2005 08 28    02 57.88   -02 39.8    0.975    1.648   112.2    34.6  16.1
2005 09 07    03 19.30   -05 38.2    0.949    1.661   116.2    33.0  16.1
2005 09 17    03 36.83   -08 46.7    0.936    1.685   120.4    31.0  16.1
2005 09 27    03 49.95   -11 52.2    0.936    1.718   124.8    28.6  16.2

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 2005 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2005-N74

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