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The results from the analysis of the extensive CCD photometry that we have obtained during the long-term monitoring (from its discovery until its break-up) of comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) are presented here. Our observations show that the comet did not always behave as expected: it showed activity ahead of time and in the end became fainter instead of brighter as it approached perihelion. A sequence of images and a lightcurve are shown.
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Rodríguez, J., Sánchez, S., García, A., Blasco, M., Villalonga, M.A. (2002). Long-Term Amateur CCD Monitoring of Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR). In: Boehnhardt, H., Combi, M., Kidger, M.R., Schulz, R. (eds) Cometary Science after Hale-Bopp. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1088-6_20
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