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Optical observations of near isotropic comet C/2006 OF2 (Broughton) at two different heliocentric distances

Lara, L.; Afanasiev, V.; Kulyk, I. +3 more

Spectra and images of comet C/2006 OF2 (Broughton) were obtained with the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope (La Palma, Spain) and with the 6-m Big Telescope Alt-azimuth (SAO RAN, Russia) at two observing epochs on October 15, 2007 and December 05, 2008.The comet was at heliocentric distances of 4.24 au and 2.59 au before and after the perihelion, r…