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Table 1

Log of photometric observations and results from R broadband images.

Date r h Δ ΔTa PA α Afρ10000   km m 1 m 2 Locationb
2009 (AU) (AU) (days) (deg) (deg) (cm)

January 25 1.314 1.671 –34 67.8 36.1 245 –1.47 –1.37 LOT
January 30 1.294 1.670 –29 67.5 36.1 252 –1.49 –1.38 LOT
January 31 1.291 1.669 –28 67.4 36.1 250 –1.49 –1.49 LOT
February 23 1.247 1.678 –5 67.5 35.9 344 –1.92 –1.22 LOT
February 25 1.247 1.680 –3 67.5 35.8 257 –1.45 –1.18 LOT
February 26 1.246 1.681 –2 67.5 35.8 373 –1.54 –1.18 LOT
March 12 1.256 1.709 12 69.2 35.1 426 –1.58 –1.09 LOT
March 19 1.269 1.732 19 70.4 34.6 383 –1.35 –1.11 CA

Notes. rh and Δ are the heliocentric and geocentric distance of the component during the observations, respectively. PA is the position angle of the extended Sun-target radius vector. α is the phase angle Sun-comet-observer. Afρ values are derived for photometric circular aperture with radius 10 000 km from the comet’s nucleus. Errors on Afρ are of the order of 10% and are mainly due to absolute flux calibration errors. m1: slope of the linear fit log B vs. log ρ for 3.5 ≤ log   ρ ≤ 5. Standard deviation of these fits is always lower than 5%. m2: slope of the linear fit log B vs. log ρ for 3.5 ≤ log   ρ ≤ 4.4. Standard deviation of these fits is always lower than 5%.

(a)

Days from perihelion;

(b)

LOT stands for Lulin Optical Telescope (Taiwan) and CA for Calar Alto Observatory (Spain).

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