\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{obslog}Details of the observations.} \par %\centerline { \begin{tabular}{cccccc} \hline \hline Date & Time &$\Delta$ &$r_{\rm H}$ & PA & Phase \\ (2001) & UT & AU & AU & deg & deg \\ \hline Jan. 26 & 06:34--07:17 & 1.298 & 1.355 & 293.2 & 43.5 \\ Jan. 28 & 03:32--04:40 & 1.293 & 1.370 & 293.1 & 43.3 \\ Jan. 30 & 03:20--03:49 & 1.290 & 1.387 & 292.9 & 43.0 \\ Jan. 31 & 03:20--04:19 & 1.288 & 1.395 & 292.8 & 42.8 \\ Feb. 05 & 05:24--06:18 & 1.288 & 1.438 & 291.9 & 41.9 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip PA and Phase refer to the position angle of the extended Sun-component radius vector and to the Sun-comet-observer angle, respectively. $r_{\rm H}$ and $\Delta$ are the heliocentric and geocentric distances of the comet during our observations. \end{table}