Dear colleagues,

Comet P/2002 O5 = P/2007 N2 (NEAT) has been recovered.

The revised orbital elements reveals that the comet passes extremely
near by Comet C/2005 L3 on July 20. Two 15-mag bright comets will
almost overlap!

2007 July 10 10h UT 0.193 deg ( 11.6 arcmin)
189P/2007 N2 ( NEAT ) 16h52m.7 -22o05' 15.3 mag
NGC6235 (Gb) 5.0' 16h53m.4 -22o11' 10.2 mag

2007 July 13 6h UT 0.853 deg ( 51.2 arcmin)
189P/2007 N2 ( NEAT ) 17h00m.3 -16o34' 15.2 mag
16P/Brooks 2 17h03m.5 -16o54' 18.7 mag

2007 July 20 22h UT 0.008 deg ( 0.5 arcmin)
C/2005 L3 ( McNaught ) 17h21m.5 -01o59' 14.7 mag
189P/2007 N2 ( NEAT ) 17h21m.5 -01o59' 15.3 mag

Best regards,

--
Seiichi Yoshida
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