C/2007 N3 Lulin and 29/P

Bright comet C/200 N3 Lulin, fast moving at 12"/min.
This is a stack of seven images on the comet movement.
Due to the particular geometry of the Sun-Comet-Earth we see the straight gas tail to the South East (bottom left) in contrast with the many jets in the opposite direction North West (Top right).
(c) 2007 Feb 21 La Cañada J.Lacruz

Fascinating centaur object 29/P comet after one of the frequent outburst it undergoes at an Helio centric distance of about 5 Astronomical units.
To the right a Larson Sekanina filtering (just a radial shift of 0.5 pixels) to better show the shell structures.
(c) 2007 Feb 21 La Cañada J.lacruz

2009 CC45

Nueva designación provisional para un objeto débil (mag 20.5V) descubierto desde La Cañada el día 13 de febrero. De momento solo tiene órbita de Väisälä (aproximación circular).

This is the new provisional designation for a faint object (mag 20.5V) discovered from La Cañada on February the 13th. For the moment just a Väisälä orbit (circular approx.).

Observations 2009 Feb 14

The telescope is back to work after a repair, both AR and Dec reduction trains failed at the same time and they were changed.
Followup of bodies discovered from La Cañada on 2007, 2007 WR, 2007 WT2 and 2007 VP2.
Confirmation of a NEOCP Amor object 2009 CO5 with excellent residuals, read the MPC 2009-C86 .
Observations of comet centaur 29P in a post-outburst state.
Multicolor photometry of M67 cluster, results pending.

Madrid : sporadic meteor, 2009 Feb 13 00:13:38 UTC

A capture of a bright (mag -1.1 +/- 0.5 mag) meteor while testing a B&W video camera from Madrid.

Watch the video.

MPC Batch 2009 February

Three new numberings in the last Minor Planet Center Batch for La Cañada.

Number	Designation	a	e	i
(207883)	2007 WN	3.25	0.14	0.41
(207547)	2006 LO	2.85	0.08	2.86
(207341)	2005 JD22	3.05	0.14	0.5

Summary :

This site has discovered
16 numbered objects
9 of the numbered objects have been named
18 of the discoveries are identified with numbered minor planets
42 of the discoveries are involved in multiple-apparition orbits
30 of the discoveries are principal designations
24 of the one-opposition objects have >= 30-day arc orbits
13 of the one-opposition objects have < 30-day arc orbits
18 of the one-opposition objects have no orbit

Read the full discovery status report.

16/17 enero 2009 Apertura del Año internacional de la Astronomía, Molina de Segura.

Los días 16 y 17 de enero 2009 se celebraron las jornadas de apertura del año internacional de la astronomía en Molina de Segura, nota del Ayuntamiento.

En el observatorio de La Murta, de izquierda a derecha:
Pepe Ripero (CAA), Juan Lacruz (La Cañada) (CAA), Rafael Ferrando (Pla d'Arguines), Josep María Trigo i Rodriguez (CSIC, IEEC, UAB), Albert Sánchez Caso (Gualba). (En primer término, agachados) José Antonio de los Reyes (La Murta), Diego Rodriguez (Guadarrama) (CAA). Foto gentileza de Sensi Pastor (La Murta).

Cenando después de las conferencias y de la observación pública.

2008 UL341

2008 UL341
a 3.1923792 e 0.2055354 Incl. 7.00596 H 15.9
From 11 observations 2008 Oct. 25-Nov. 18.

Residuals
20081025 *J87 0.5+ 0.5- 20081103 G96 0.1- 0.0+ 20081118 703 0.7+ 0.9-
20081025 J87 0.4- 0.1- 20081103 G96 0.2- 0.1- 20081118 703 0.8- 0.5+
20081025 J87 0.1- 0.7+ 20081103 G96 0.1+ 0.0+ 20081118 703 1.1+ 0.0-
20081103 G96 0.1+ 0.0+ 20081118 703 1.1- 0.5+

Even though the telescope is awaiting repair, (some gears broken), the observatory continues discovering main belt asteroids, this is the case of this new designation for a main belt body first observed on 2008 Oct 25 from La Canada, independent observations by surveys G96 on 2008 Nov 3 and 703 on 2008 Nov 18 have been found to be of the same object, which makes number 115 of the designations attributed to the J87 observatory by the MPC.
The Minor Planet Center sent this designation today, 2009 Jan 10, two months and half after the discovery observations and two months since confirmations.
The absolute magnitud parameter H 15.9 suggest a size around 1.8 km assuming a typical albedo.

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Incluso con el telescopio esperado reparacion, (algunos engranajes rotos), el observatorio continua descubriendo asteroides del cinturon principal, este es el caso de esta nueva designacion para un cuerpo del cinturon principal observado por primera vez el 25 oct 2008 desde La Canada, observaciones independientess por las surveys G96 el 3 de noviembre 2008 y 703 el 18 nov 2008 son del mismo objeto, que hace el numero 115 de los descubiertos desde el observatorio J87.
El Minor Planet Center envio hoy 10 enero 2009 esta designacion, unos dos meses y medio despues de las observaciones de descubrimiento y dos meses despues de ser confirmado.
El parametro de magnitud absoluta H 15.9 indica un tamano de 1.8 km suponiendo un albedo tipico.