Looking to photograph Gerradd comet

[hotspur (Chris)]

Hi Folks.

Just saw some of the recent images of comet Gerrad
Its clearing here (a bit) in S.E QLD,might try and have a
go photographing it,I see it was near M 71 two nights ago.

Where will I find it tonight 28-8-2011 ?

Thanks Chris

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Tonight 8 pm

RA 19h 49' 27"
Dec 18 53' 53"

Mag 8.5

Rises here in melb 9.42 pm transits 2.40 am

[hotspur (Chris)]

Thanks Clive-I'll type that location into the SS2K.

Its fining up at last here! so getting gear ready.

BTW-is Yarra Junction near Yarra Glen.My Uncle had a lovely place there decades ago,but I think its almost a suburb of Melbourne now.I remember climbing a hill when ten years old a could just see Doncarster Shopping centre.

Cheers Chris

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

It's in the centre of Sagitta the arrow tonight.

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Yarra junction is on the other side of the range to yarra glen. To get to me you go to healesville then over the Panton gap and down the hill.

Still sort of countryish, the burbs finish at lilydale.... Although light pollution is getting worse.

Cloudy here so nothing tonight other than IIS as far as astronomy goes.

On another note, that pic of the plane, I was in kooweerup about 4 weeks ago and yes there in the front window of a shop was a page from a magazine cut out and taped to the inside.........it was ... Your pic

[hotspur (Chris)]

Thanks Vincent.

Got observatory at the ready,bit of cloud out to the North-East,will have a camp,and get up in an hour or so.

Sounds interesting Clive re pic!,its been all over the world-quite amazing! from
Switzerland to Kooweerup! I've finally got around to doing some minor PP on it and have sent it into 'airliners.net',I am really hopping it gets that gong-such an stunning site.Not sure if it will make the grade though,its a very high standard they have,which is good.All the images there are so wonderful.

cheer Chris

[Stu Ward]

Any co-ords for tonight ?

Thanks

Stu

[Alchemy (Clive)]

For tonight
19h 41' 28"
9 deg 07' 27"

Sorry about the last one I got the transit times mixed

Rise 4.29 pm
Transit 9.26 pm
Set 2.23 am

How did you go the other night?

[Rob_K]

Originally Posted by Stu Ward

Any co-ords for tonight ?

Thanks

Stu

8pm EST tonight (UT+10): RA 19:39:56.9, Dec 19:21:08.9 (from Starry Night).

EDIT: Alchemy beat me! But is that Dec right?

Cheers -

[hotspur (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Alchemy

For tonight
19h 41' 28"
9 deg 07' 27"

Sorry about the last one I got the transit times mixed

Rise 4.29 pm
Transit 9.26 pm
Set 2.23 am

How did you go the other night?

Not the best,lots of cloud,had a few attempts-but looks like I need to
off balance the tube more to the lens end,as it is 'camera heavy',and the auto guider was not guiding as well as I had hope.

Yes,Clive-figured the transit time were 'a bit off',but the RA and DEC your gave-great!-typed them into SS2K and was spot on-thanks.

We are clouded out again here-storms in S.E.But hope to have a go later in week,before moon becomes an issue.So might be asking you again for location data again.

Thanks Chris

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Yep did it again.. More mistyping

The dec is 19 not 9

Oh well, who knows you might find a new comet at 9

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by hotspur

We are clouded out again here-storms in S.E.But hope to have a go later in week,before moon becomes an issue.So might be asking you again for location data again.

Chris,

Stellarium, CdC and C2A are all free and will all give you coords whenever you like. The minimal install of each is all you need.

Stellarium is better eye candy but the others take less grunt to run.

Don't forget to use the programs own processes to update the list of comets. They all get the data from the Minor Planet Center. These came from CdC.

C/2009 P1 (Garradd)     J2000 Coord.
10h54m UT RA          DE         Magn. Rise    Culm.   Set
08/30/11  19h39m48.3s +19°21'18"  8.1  15h56m  21h03m   2h13m
08/31/11  19h35m52.2s +19°27'07"  8.1  15h48m  20h55m   2h05m
09/01/11  19h31m59.2s +19°32'20"  8.1  15h40m  20h47m   1h57m
09/02/11  19h28m09.6s +19°36'59"  8.1  15h33m  20h39m   1h49m
09/03/11  19h24m23.6s +19°41'05"  8.1  15h25m  20h32m   1h42m
09/04/11  19h20m41.3s +19°44'39"  8.1  15h18m  20h24m   1h34m
09/05/11  19h17m03.0s +19°47'42"  8.1  15h11m  20h16m   1h26m
09/06/11  19h13m28.7s +19°50'16"  8.1  15h03m  20h09m   1h19m
09/07/11  19h09m58.7s +19°52'23"  8.1  14h56m  20h02m   1h11m
09/08/11  19h06m32.9s +19°54'02"  8.1  14h49m  19h54m   1h04m
09/09/11  19h03m11.4s +19°55'17"  8.1  14h42m  19h47m   0h56m
09/10/11  18h59m54.5s +19°56'09"  8.0  14h34m  19h40m   0h49m
09/11/11  18h56m42.0s +19°56'38"  8.0  14h27m  19h33m   0h42m
09/12/11  18h53m34.1s +19°56'46"  8.0  14h20m  19h26m   0h35m
09/13/11  18h50m30.7s +19°56'35"  8.0  14h13m  19h19m   0h28m
09/14/11  18h47m32.0s +19°56'07"  8.0  14h06m  19h12m   0h21m
09/15/11  18h44m37.9s +19°55'21"  8.0  13h59m  19h05m   0h14m
09/16/11  18h41m48.4s +19°54'21"  8.0  13h53m  18h58m   0h08m
09/17/11  18h39m03.4s +19°53'06"  8.0  13h46m  18h52m   0h01m
09/18/11  18h36m23.1s +19°51'39"  8.0  13h39m  18h45m  23h51m
09/19/11  18h33m47.2s +19°50'00"  8.0  13h33m  18h38m  23h44m
09/20/11  18h31m15.9s +19°48'12"  8.0  13h26m  18h32m  23h38m
09/21/11  18h28m49.0s +19°46'14"  8.0  13h20m  18h26m  23h32m
09/22/11  18h26m26.6s +19°44'08"  8.0  13h13m  18h19m  23h26m
09/23/11  18h24m08.4s +19°41'55"  8.0  13h07m  18h13m  23h19m
09/24/11  18h21m54.6s +19°39'37"  8.0  13h00m  18h07m  23h13m
09/25/11  18h19m44.9s +19°37'14"  8.0  12h54m  18h01m  23h07m
09/26/11  18h17m39.5s +19°34'46"  8.0  12h48m  17h55m  23h02m
09/27/11  18h15m38.0s +19°32'16"  8.0  12h42m  17h49m  22h56m

[hotspur (Chris)]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

Chris,

Stellarium, CdC and C2A are all free and will all give you coords whenever you like. The minimal install of each is all you need.

Stellarium is better eye candy but the others take less grunt to run.

Don't forget to use the programs own processes to update the list of comets. They all get the data from the Minor Planet Center. These came from CdC.

C/2009 P1 (Garradd)     J2000 Coord.
10h54m UT RA          DE         Magn. Rise    Culm.   Set
08/30/11  19h39m48.3s +19°21'18"  8.1  15h56m  21h03m   2h13m
08/31/11  19h35m52.2s +19°27'07"  8.1  15h48m  20h55m   2h05m
09/01/11  19h31m59.2s +19°32'20"  8.1  15h40m  20h47m   1h57m
09/02/11  19h28m09.6s +19°36'59"  8.1  15h33m  20h39m   1h49m
09/03/11  19h24m23.6s +19°41'05"  8.1  15h25m  20h32m   1h42m
09/04/11  19h20m41.3s +19°44'39"  8.1  15h18m  20h24m   1h34m
09/05/11  19h17m03.0s +19°47'42"  8.1  15h11m  20h16m   1h26m
09/06/11  19h13m28.7s +19°50'16"  8.1  15h03m  20h09m   1h19m
09/07/11  19h09m58.7s +19°52'23"  8.1  14h56m  20h02m   1h11m
09/08/11  19h06m32.9s +19°54'02"  8.1  14h49m  19h54m   1h04m
09/09/11  19h03m11.4s +19°55'17"  8.1  14h42m  19h47m   0h56m
09/10/11  18h59m54.5s +19°56'09"  8.0  14h34m  19h40m   0h49m
09/11/11  18h56m42.0s +19°56'38"  8.0  14h27m  19h33m   0h42m
09/12/11  18h53m34.1s +19°56'46"  8.0  14h20m  19h26m   0h35m
09/13/11  18h50m30.7s +19°56'35"  8.0  14h13m  19h19m   0h28m
09/14/11  18h47m32.0s +19°56'07"  8.0  14h06m  19h12m   0h21m
09/15/11  18h44m37.9s +19°55'21"  8.0  13h59m  19h05m   0h14m
09/16/11  18h41m48.4s +19°54'21"  8.0  13h53m  18h58m   0h08m
09/17/11  18h39m03.4s +19°53'06"  8.0  13h46m  18h52m   0h01m
09/18/11  18h36m23.1s +19°51'39"  8.0  13h39m  18h45m  23h51m
09/19/11  18h33m47.2s +19°50'00"  8.0  13h33m  18h38m  23h44m
09/20/11  18h31m15.9s +19°48'12"  8.0  13h26m  18h32m  23h38m
09/21/11  18h28m49.0s +19°46'14"  8.0  13h20m  18h26m  23h32m
09/22/11  18h26m26.6s +19°44'08"  8.0  13h13m  18h19m  23h26m
09/23/11  18h24m08.4s +19°41'55"  8.0  13h07m  18h13m  23h19m
09/24/11  18h21m54.6s +19°39'37"  8.0  13h00m  18h07m  23h13m
09/25/11  18h19m44.9s +19°37'14"  8.0  12h54m  18h01m  23h07m
09/26/11  18h17m39.5s +19°34'46"  8.0  12h48m  17h55m  23h02m
09/27/11  18h15m38.0s +19°32'16"  8.0  12h42m  17h49m  22h56m

Thanks Andrew,for taking the time to supply that information,and the details about that program.It is most useful.I have made some alterations-re scope balance,and hope to have a ago tonight,weather etc permitting,