COMETS C/2009 L3-L17, C/2009 M1, AND C/2009 M2 (SOHO)
Further to IAUC 9059, additional presumed comets have been
found on SOHO website images, all being Kreutz sungrazers except
for C/2009 L8 and C/2009 L13 (Kracht group). C/2009 L3 was very
diffuse and slightly elongated (mag about 7.5). C/2009 L4 was
stellar in appearance (mag about 6.5) in C3 images but quite large
and very condensed with no visible tail in C2 images; COR2-A STEREO
images show a bright starlike head and a very faint, thin tail.
C/2009 L5, C/2009 L7, C/2009 L11 (also described as small), and
C/2009 L15 were slightly diffuse (peak magnitudes about 7.5, 7.5-8,
8, and 8, respectively). C/2009 L6 was stellar in appearance (mag
about 6.5-7) in C3 images, and condensed with no tail in C2 images.
C/2009 L8 (mag about 7-7.5) and C/2009 L13 (mag about 7.5-8) were
small and stellar in appearance. C/2009 L9 and C/2009 L12 were
very diffuse (mag about 8). C/2009 L10 (slightly diffuse), C/2009
L14 (quite diffuse), and C/2009 M1 (quite diffuse) were very faint
(mag about 8.5). C/2009 L16 was quite diffuse (mag about 7.5).
C/2009 L17 was stellar in appearance (mag about 6.5) in C3 images,
but quite diffuse with a short, faint tail in C2 images. C/2009
M2 was small and stellar in appearance (mag about 7) in C3 images,
and showed a hint of a very faint tail in C2 images.
Comet 2009 UT R.A.(2000)Decl. Inst. F MPEC
C/2009 L3 June 3.785 4 45.2 +20 33 C2 RK 2009-O19
C/2009 L4 3.888 4 48.7 +18 35 C3/2* BZ 2009-O19
C/2009 L5 4.893 4 49.3 +20 39 C2 RK 2009-O19
C/2009 L6 5.988 4 55.2 +19 25 C3/2 BZ 2009-O19
C/2009 L7 1.381 4 35.2 +20 12 C2 BZ 2009-O21
C/2009 L8 6.979 4 51.8 +22 41 C2 TH 2009-O21
C/2009 L9 7.229 4 56.6 +20 51 C2 GS 2009-O21
C/2009 L10 7.329 4 58.4 +20 57 C2 BZ 2009-O21
C/2009 L11 7.671 5 00.3 +20 56 C2 MK 2009-O21
C/2009 L12 8.893 5 02.7 +20 54 C2 MU 2009-O22
C/2009 L13 9.185 5 12.1 +23 26 C2 RK 2009-O22
C/2009 L14 10.185 5 09.8 +21 09 C2 BZ 2009-O22
C/2009 L15 10.910 5 12.2 +21 11 C2 RM 2009-O22
C/2009 L16 14.393 5 25.8 +21 22 C2 MK 2009-P01
C/2009 L17 15.013 5 25.0 +20 18 C3/2 MU 2009-P01
C/2009 M1 21.838 5 55.1 +21 42 C2 BZ 2009-P01
C/2009 M2 22.238 5 56.5 +20 42 C3/2 MK 2009-P01
