[AZ-Observing] Re: New Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
- From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:20:09 -0600
Tom et al;
On that date the Moon will be First Quarter, so it will be out of the
sky. That could make a great shot.
Clear skies to us all;
Steve Coe
On 10.09.2013 19:01, Tom Polakis wrote:
> I just ran the simulation on SkySafari. The comet will be right in
> front of the center of the Beehive cluster near the zenith at dawn on
> Saturday, November 9. Hopefully the astroimagers who still remain on
> this list will be interested in imaging the comet and M44. It will
> pass very near M51 on the morning of Friday, November 29, and still
> halfway to the zenith at dawn. Early predictions have it peaking at
> around 8th magnitude, so a tail should be visible in a mid-sized
> scope. It will dip toward the sun during December, but it won't
> plunge into the twilight. Rather, it will turn back upward in the
> eastern pre-dawn sky while it fades early next year.
>
>
> The MPEC site shows orbital elements based on three days of
> observations that should be close.
>
> http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K13/K13R72.html
>
> Tom
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