Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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TransNeptunian Object A/2022 T1 = comet C/2022 T1 (Lemmon). Cometary activity discovery., Taras Prystavski
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TransNeptunian Object A/2022 T1 = comet C/2022 T1 (Lemmon). Cometary activity discovery.

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Looks that trans-Neptunian object A/2022 T1 discovered in October, 2022, is active. I started observations early this year and for now its activity became obvious: a tiny 8.1" tail at PA 310 deg is visible on a sum of 5 images 120 sec each received today using a [T72] 51-cm telescope in Chile (iTelescope observatory).
Cometary activity report is submitted to MPC (I used 247 code here as the observatory has no MPC code yet).

TransNeptunian Object A/2022 T1
2023 Feb. 01.27 UT  m1=18.8 (m2=19.0) Tail=0.14' in PA 310 deg... [T72] 3411 mm f/6.8 PlaneWave L-500 + FLI ML16200... T. Prystavski...
(iTelescope observatory (remotely from Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile))

MPEC 2023-C52 : COMET C/2022 T1 (Lemmon)

247_2023_02_01-1_multi.txt

MPCReport_calibrated-T72-prystavski-AK22T010-20230131-032625-Luminance-BIN2120-001+4.txt

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Light curve created using "Comet for Windows" software. Copyright(C) Seiichi Yoshida.

Other observations:
A2022T1 2023 01 03.69 C 18.9 GG 50.8C 4a720 ICQ XX PRYabI C 0.19m K6F A4B 5 P4* 0.8s 0.8
A2022T1 2023 01 16.54 C 18.8 GG 50.8C 4a720 ICQ XX PRYabI C 0.16m K6F A4B 5 P4* 0.8s 0.8

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TransNeptunian Object A/2022 T1 = comet C/2022 T1 (Lemmon). Cometary activity discovery., Taras Prystavski