This comet was discovered on July 22.
2002 by a German amateur astronomer Sebastian Hoenig. With this find,
Hoenig becomes the first amateur astronomer to discover a comet from German
soil since 1946.
August
24. 2002 - Image is obtained through a Celestron refractor 102mm/f5, 60
second exposure unguided on Pixcel 237 CCD. Comet magnitude was 9.1.
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