Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring and 47 Tucanae

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Draco

Thanks Kevin

Is there a webpage which shows where the comet will be each night?

Draco, Cartes du Ceil will generate charts showing the path. All you need is a Linux, Windows or OSX box to run it on. http://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/start and of course it's free.

You can customize for your location. Here's one for mine, which would do for just about anyone south of 30 deg N since comets aren't that close to Earth, unlike Moon related stuff where it matters.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

I use Stellarium and load in solar system objects from MPC.

http://theskylive.com/ shows solar system objects online. I see they have reorganised their page with a top 10 comet list which is pretty neat.

Then there's Skyhound http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/ a really good page with finder charts for comets brighter than mag15.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Wow Kevin, what a great shot

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Thanks Dunk, glad you like it.

[glenc (Glen)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

I use Stellarium and load in solar system objects from MPC.

http://theskylive.com/ shows solar system objects online. I see they have reorganised their page with a top 10 comet list which is pretty neat.

Then there's Skyhound http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/ a really good page with finder charts for comets brighter than mag15.

Thanks Kevin

[Draco (Draco)]

awesome. thanks andrew and kevin