Example observations of comets.



"Pi of the sky" automatic trigger has discovered the comet C/2007 W1 Boattini passing. It was found by algorithm dedicated to detection of the nova stars.

Below there are some pictures taken on 6th of May 2008 (day of discovery by our cameras), 100x100 arcmin cut (click at the picture to enlarge):

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And here there is a path of the comet through skies (100x100 arc minutes, click at the picture to enlarge):

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Below there is our lightcurve (click at the picture to enlarge):


In the table there are coordinates and brightness for each point:

Some of our observations
HJDDateUTα [h]α [hh mm ss]δ [°]δ [° ′ ″]brightness
2454579.6212008.04.233:0311.32138333311 19 17.0-20.44735015-20 26 50.511.31
2454580.6312008.04.243:1611.26628611111 15 58.6-20.58610992-20 35 10.011.43
2454582.6352008.04.263:2311.1561 11 09 22.0-20.85873060-20 51 31.411.74
2454583.6292008.04.273:1411.10071944411 06 02.6-20.99485135-20 59 41.511.07
2454586.6302008.04.303:1610.925175 10 55 30.6-21.40153815-21 24 05.5  9.95
2454587.6272008.05.013:1010.86638888910 51 59.0-21.56804487-21 34 05.011.36
2454588.6332008.05.023:1910.80463055610 48 16.7-21.70343137-21 42 12.411.15
2454589.6242008.05.033:0610.74289722210 44 34.4-21.85309159-21 51 11.111.21
2454590.6322008.05.043:1810.67937222210 40 45.7-21.98331170-21 58 59.910.50
2454592.6402008.05.063:1810.54980555510 32 59.3-22.28805555-22 17 17 10.27
2454594.6422008.05.083:2210.41577777 10 24 56.8-22.58527777-22 35 07   9.97
2454595.6312008.05.093:0510.34673842 10 20 51.2-22.73789066-22 44 05 10.12
2454596.6422008.05.103:2210.27558998 10 16 32.1-22.88530714-22 53 07   9.90
2454597.6242008.05.113:0610.20476388910 12 17.2-23.03434266-23 02 03.610.33
2454598.6402008.05.123:2910.13113055610 07 52.1-23.18599122-23 11 09.610.05
2454599.6232008.05.133:0510.05773333310 03 27.8-23.35222435-23 21 08.0  9.83
2454601.6252008.05.153:07  9.90195  9 54 07.2-23.67001942-23 40 12.1  9.76
2454602.6352008.05.163:22  9.819933333  9 49 11.8-23.82075760-23 49 14.7  9.85
2454603.6292008.05.173:04  9.738522222  9 44 18.7-23.99056644-23 59 26.0  9.96
2454607.6272008.05.213:01  9.381569444  9 22 53.7-24.61048779-24 36 37.8  9.44