* Astronomy

On January 1, the Polish researcher Dr. Grzegorz Pojmanski from Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory discovered his second comet using the ASAS automatic telescope.

After the observation was confirmed on January 4 , the comet was given the name C/2006 A1 (Pojmanski).
The 12-13 magnitude object is currently in Southern Hemisphere.
It reaches perihelion on February 22, and may reach a bright as magnitude 7.6.

C/2006 A1 is a second comet discovered by the Pojamnski project. The first, C/2004 R2 (ASAS) was registered in September 2004.
The ASAS program began in 1996 - 1997 with a mission to map the brightness of one million stars in Southern Hemisphere.

The project also operates four telescopes located in the Las Campanas observatory in Chile.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    
2006 01 05    21 28.87   -67 09.7    1.520    1.164    50.0    40.3  11.4
2006 01 10    21 16.13   -65 14.8    1.484    1.084    46.9    41.5  11.1
2006 01 15    21 04.83   -63 12.5    1.441    1.003    44.1    43.0  10.8
2006 01 20    20 54.47   -60 59.3    1.389    0.924    41.6    45.0  10.4
2006 01 25    20 44.69   -58 29.1    1.328    0.846    39.5    47.8  10.0
2006 01 30    20 35.38   -55 32.9    1.259    0.773    37.9    51.5   9.6