[AZ-Observing] Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)

  • From: Brian Skiff <Brian.Skiff@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: amastro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:59:10 -0700 (MST)

     In case it is not general knowledge yet, Don Machholz has discovered
his tenth comet, his first in many years.  It is an 11th mag object
in Eridanus, i.e. a pre-dawn object at the moment.  Orbital elements
and an ephemeris are here:

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K04/K04Q58.html

Perihelion is not until next January, so it will be brightening up
in the coming months.

\Brian
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