Comet C/2006 W3..........................................................................Page Updated 6^th September 2009

23^rd January 2009

 Visual observation made through the observatories 16” SCT. The comet was easy to see and using the  Sidgwick method, the coma is determined as magnitude +11.5 (Used star GSC 3202 1463)

 Degree of Condensation (DC) is 5

 Diameter 1.6'

 Comet Position ~ RA22h10m Dec. +39° 46'

 24th May 2009

 Below are three images showing the coma with an indication of a dust tail

 extending off towards the right. The comet is 3.36 au (312 million miles) distant

 and has a magnitude of +12.6 according to Guide8. Astrometrica calculates the

 nuclear magnitude as +13.1
 The comet is due perihelion on 9^th June 2009.

  19^th June 2009

 Guide 8 Data: Magnitude 12.3 Distance 2.91 au.

 21^st September 2009

 Comet is an easy CCD target. Magnitude as determined by

 Guide 8 is 11.8 Distance 2.33 au.

 Note the faint galaxy to the right, LEDA 165839