  Results of astrometric and BVRI photometric observations of the active
asteroid (596) Scheila are presented. The observations were carried out at the
Zeiss 1000 telescope of the Sanglokh International Astro-nomical Observatory of
the Institute of Astrophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of
Tajikistan on June 16 and 17 and from July 30 to August 1, 2017. The
coordinates of the object and its orbit were determined; and the apparent
brightness in four filters, the absolute brightness in the V and R filters, and
the color indices were obtained. The light curves suggest that no substantial
changes in the brightness of asteroid occurred during the observations. The
absolute brightness of the asteroid in the V and R filters was 9.1 mag and 8.8
mag, respectively. The mean value of the asteroid diameter was 119 km. The mean
values of the color indices B-V=0.72 mag, V-R=0.29 mag, and R-I=0.31 mag agree
well with the values for asteroids of the P and D types and its averages. The
rotation period of the asteroid estimated from photometric observations was
16.1 h. The analysis of the data has shown that the asteroid continues to
exhibit the same values of absolute brightness and other characteristics as
those before the collision with a small body in December 2010, though the
latter resulted in the outburst event and cometary activity of the asteroid.
Most likely, the collision of asteroid (596) Scheila with a small body did not
lead to catastrophic changes in the surface of the asteroid or to its compete
breakup.
