An object reported as asteroidal by the Catalina Sky Survey, and later placed on the NEOCP designated as object 9B3FEF1, has been found cometary in appearance. T. Kryachko (Astrotel obs., KSU) and S. Korotkiy (Ka-Dar obs., Moscow) reports that the sum of five CCD images with 300 sec exposure taken with the Takahashi FRC-300 (D=300mm, F=2330mm) + CCD Apogee Alta U9000 at Kazan State University (V-band image) on Jan. 21.66UT show one faint tail in p.a. 60 deg (18″ long) and a small coma of diameter about 9″.

Astrometry:
9B3FEF1  C2009 01 21.65841 01 49 20.41 +33 57 51.4          18.5 V      114
9B3FEF1  C2009 01 21.66186 01 49 20.69 +33 57 50.3          18.1 V      114
9B3FEF1  C2009 01 21.66557 01 49 21.01 +33 57 50.2          18.2 V      114
9B3FEF1  C2009 01 21.66925 01 49 21.32 +33 57 47.7          18.3 V      114
9B3FEF1  C2009 01 21.67295 01 49 21.78 +33 57 47.4          18.4 V      114

Images:

9B3FEF1 = P/2009 B1 (Boattini)