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Old 08-05-2008, 10:24 PM
Greg Bryant
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It's always a pleasure to see a new comet discovery officially announced in the morning e-mail inbox.

The orbit for this comet has been calculated, thus far, only on the arc of positions measured over a period less than 30 hours.

If the true orbit stayed as currently published, the comet might be a nice binocular sight in Spring - a little brighter than the ephemeris perhaps - and visible during the September and October new moon weekends.

Let's see, though, what happens over the next few days and weeks as the orbit is better refined.

Regards,
Greg
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