LA RECUPERACIÓN DEL COMETA P/1889 (BARNARD)
La noche del 24 de junio del 2006 (UT) el tuve la oportunidad de reportar desde Los Molinos (844) un objeto que resultó ser un cometa de 1889 descubierto por Edward Emerson Barnard, el P/1889 M1 (Barnard) .

La página de Dinamarca Cazadores de cometas hacía referencia a la recuperación.
Circular No. 8726
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COMET P/2006 M3 (BARNARD)
An apparently asteroidal object discovered by LINEAR (discovery observation tabulated below) has been found to be cometary following posting on the 'NEO Confirmation Page'. L. Buzzi (Varese, Italy; 0.60-m reflector) reports that images taken in good seeing during June 23.97-23.99 UT showed a 6" circular coma with a strong central condensation. Images from R. Salvo (Los Molinos, Uruguay) on June 24.2 and from J. Broughton (Reedy Creek, Queensland) on June 24.6 also suggest that the object is a comet. From a preliminary orbit computation, the undersigned suggested that the comet is a return of P/1889 M1 = 1889 III = 1889c (Barnard), for which A. Berberich (1889, A.N. 123, 77) was the first to compute an orbit of intermediate period (about 128 years). The orbital elements below are by B. G. Marsden, from observations 1889-2006 (mean residual 0".9), with astrometry also given on MPECs 2006-M38 and 2006-M42.
2006 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. Mag.
June 23.25870 17 43 38.68 -27 26 53.5 17.1
Epoch = 1889 June 7.0 TT
T = 1889 June 21.2418 TT Peri. = 60.1479
e = 0.953988 Node = 272.5450 2000.0
q = 1.102918 AU Incl. = 31.2189
a = 23.970332 AU n = 0.0083983 P = 117.36 years
Epoch = 2006 Aug. 13.0 TT
T = 2006 Aug. 28.6903 TT Peri. = 60.4661
e = 0.954400 Node = 272.0666 2000.0
q = 1.107142 AU Incl. = 31.2161
a = 24.279424 AU n = 0.0082385 P = 119.64 years