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Old 15-01-2013, 11:55 AM
JetDragon (Dave)
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Does anyone have a visual on this comet in the last day or so - Calsky is saying it is at mag 4.9 now

Comet 'C/2011 L4' Magnitude= 4.9mag
Best seen from 4.6h - 5.0h (htop=19° at SE at 5.0h) (in constellation Corona Australis)
RA=18h02m33s Dec=-42°24.5' (J2000) Distance to Sun= 1.32AU Distance to Earth= 2.07AU Elongation= 31°
hourly motion: dRA=102.7"/h dDec=-32.3"/h


thanks

Dave
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