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Old 19-03-2007, 11:06 PM
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Orbital elements available

Yep, it's confirmed. There is now orbital elements on the MPEC from 36 observations. I've attached a high resolution map showing stars to magnitude 9.5 and a 10x 50 binocular circle for the bnext few days. The comet starts out around 2 deg from alpah indus, and comes close to it over the next 4 days. A peak magnitude of 7 is still predicted, but uncertanty is still high.

Cheres! Ian
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