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This is a summary report of the work on detection of cometary activity done at La Caņada. The listed objects were previously posted in the NEO confirmation page NEOCP for other observatories to follow up, but 162P Siding Spring whose activity was found by serendipity .
| # | Date | Designation | Taxonomy | Img | Remarks | Links | Circulars |
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| 12 | 05 May 2011 | C/2001 J2 LINEAR | Parabolic comet | x | On a stacked image of 60 frames 30 seconds each, taken from La Caņada with the 0.40m Ritchey-Chretien F10 telescope + CCD it shows a diffuse aspect with a coma 10 arc secs in diameter sligthly elongated to the South East. | CBET 2714 (subcribers) IAUC 9208 (subscribers) |
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| 11 | 29 August 2009 | P/2009 Q1 HILL | Peridoic, Jupiter family comet | x | On a stacked image of 29 frames 2 minutes each, taken from La Caņada with the 0.40m Ritchey-Chretien F10 telescope + CCD it shows a very diffuse aspect with a coma 12 arc secs in diameter and a tain in PA 249 degrees. | IAUC 9067 (subcribers) | |
| 10 | 05 July 2008 | C/2008 N1 HOLMES | Parabolic comet | x | Blinking stacks taken at La Caņada with the 0.4m Ritchey-Chretien F10 telescope it shows a diffuse coma 12 arc secs in diameter elongated to the SouthWest, in poor seeing. | IAUC 8959 (subcribers) | |
| 9 | 02 Feb 2008 | C/2008 C1 CHEN-GAO | Parabolic comet | x | Condensed inner coma of diameter 20 arc secs.; outer coma of diameter 50 arc secs., slightly elongated in p.a. 35 deg) | IAUC 8915 | |
| 8 | 08 Nov 2007 | P/2007 V1 LARSON | Periodic comet | x | Tail 30 arc sec long in PA 240 deg. | IAUC 8893 | |
| 7 | 21 Apr 2007 | C/2007 H2 SKIFF | Parabolic comet | x | elongated condensed coma 8 arc sec, fan shaped tail 30 arc sec long in pa 223-235 deg | IAUC 8831 | |
| 6 | 16 Sep 2006 | P/2006 S1 CHRISTENSEN | Jupiter Family | x | 13 arc sec coma + 32 arc sec tail in PA 235 | IAUC 8749 | |
| 5 | 30 Sep 2005 | P/2005 S3 READ | Jupiter Family | x | Oct. 1.0 UT, 22 arc seconds tail in p.a. 250 deg | IAUC 8608 | |
| 4 | 3 Sep 2005 | P/2005 Q4 LINEAR | Jupiter Family | x, x | 16 arc sec tail in p.a. 255 | IAUC 8595 | |
| 3 | 28 Aug 2005 | C/2005 Q1 LINEAR | Non Periodic, distant perihelion | x, x | fan-shaped tail 12 arc sec long in p.a. 200 deg | IAUC 8590 | |
| 2 | 12 Nov 2004 | 162P SIDING | Jupiter Family | x | sharp tail 4 arc min long in p.a. 69 deg | x, x, x | IAUC 8436 |
| 1 | 17 Nov 2003 | C/2003 W1 LINEAR | Halley Family | x | diffuse coma extending some 50 arc secs to the north | x | IAUC 8239 |
