Comet Lulin

solissydney (Ken) · #1 08-02-2009, 02:39 PM

Images taken Sunday AM
Note travel of comet between first image taken at 2:38 am and last image taken at 3:16 am.

Liz · #2 08-02-2009, 02:43 PM

Whoa, nearly didnt you in the Deep Space section ... nice shots indeed, and it is definitely hiking along ....

gregbradley · #3 08-02-2009, 04:52 PM

Great shots.

How do you find out the RA and Dec to find it?

Greg.

Peter Ward · #4 08-02-2009, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Great shots.

How do you find out the RA and Dec to find it?

Greg.

Go to the MPC at Harvard and either download the orbital elements for your particular brand of software (TheSky 6 will do this automatically) or generate an ephemeris for the comet.

avandonk · #5 08-02-2009, 05:13 PM

Plot the path in StarAtlasPro? Here you go Greg

Bert

gregbradley · #6 08-02-2009, 05:17 PM

Thanks Bert.

Greg.

gregbradley · #7 08-02-2009, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Go to the MPC at Harvard and either download the orbital elements for your particular brand of software (TheSky 6 will do this automatically) or generate an ephemeris for the comet.

Thanks Peter.

Greg.