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Originally Posted by gregbradley
I was hoping to image these comets tonight.
Does anyone know their current locations?
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As long as you load a current ephemeris Stellarium or CdC or C2A or TheSky will all tell you.
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi
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Ephemeris Type : OBSERVER
Target Body : Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
Observer Location : Sydney Australia ( 151°16'59.9''E, 33°54'59.8''S )
Time Span : discrete time(s)=2011-08-23
Table Settings : QUANTITIES=1-4,8-10,19,20,23,24,27,33
Display/Output : plain text
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Date__(UT)__HR:MN:SC.fff R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC R.A.__(a-apparent)__DEC dRA*cosD d(DEC)/dt Azi_(a-appr)_Elev a-mass T-mag N-mag Illu% r rdot delta deldot S-O-T /r S-T-O PsAng PsAMV GlxLon GlxLat
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$$SOE
2011-Aug-23 00:00:00.000 *m 12 13 01.77 -02 31 50.9 12 13 37.67 -02 35 44.3 89.84496 -36.9889 75.2075 25.1442 2.340 8.73 14.93 74.536 0.659480026202 -26.8728057 1.15578757544928 -35.7449139 34.6257 /T 60.6167 114.894 120.232 284.085335 58.929529
$$EOE
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Ephemeris Type : OBSERVER
Target Body : Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd)
Observer Location : Sydney Australia ( 151°16'59.9''E, 33°54'59.8''S )
Time Span : discrete time(s)=2011-08-23
Table Settings : QUANTITIES=1-4,8-10,19,20,23,24,27,33
Display/Output : plain text
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Date__(UT)__HR:MN:SC.fff R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC R.A.__(a-apparent)__DEC dRA*cosD d(DEC)/dt Azi_(a-appr)_Elev a-mass T-mag N-mag Illu% r rdot delta deldot S-O-T /r S-T-O PsAng PsAMV GlxLon GlxLat
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$$SOE
2011-Aug-23 00:00:00.000 *m 20 10 22.30 +18 18 12.5 20 10 55.92 +18 20 32.6 -148.023 26.99557 181.7881 -74.4192 n.a. 9.58 12.10 97.742 2.250992959503 -15.6705534 1.39059639040390 -0.0785033 138.6158 /T 17.2839 134.278 141.190 58.406436 -8.171676
$$EOE
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