Hi All,
A new low inclination comet has been announced that was discovered just a few days ago by Ed Beshore of the Catalina group. It is currently in Ophiuchus at about 14th magnitude but has the potential to be a relatively bright telescopic or binocular object over the coming months.
Preliminary orbital elements, details and an ephemeris are here:
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephem...ts/2008J2.html
which indicate the comet will be a primarily southern hemisphere object reaching perihelion in early October near the border of Ara and Telescopium at approximately 8th magnitude.
As more astometric observations are gathered the orbit will become better known and improved predictions will be available.
One to watch for.
Best,
Les D
Contributing Editor
AS&T