Current Info for Observer
as of 04/24/2024 11:42 p.m.
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General Info
as of 04/24/2024 11:42 p.m.
| Type | Comet |
| Constellation | Triangulum |
| Magnitude | 24.78 |
| Peak Magnitude | 4.71 (Nov. 25, 2015) |
| Orbits | Sun |
| Right ascension | 2:16:27.21 (Hours) |
| Declination | 34:08:50.8 (Deg) |
| Distance from Earth | 23.47368AU |
| Closest Approach | Oct. 8, 2013 (7.592AU) |
| Distance from Sun | 22.53673AU |
| Elongation | 20:53:40.8 |
A nice comet that made it's closest approach to the Sun in late 2015 | |
☉ Solar Masses ⊕ Earth Masses j Jupiter Masses
Tyler (4830)
10" Dobsonian
1 points
Austin (5562)
LCOGT 1Meter Scope - Sinistro
1 points
Used a 1m scope in Texas from the LCGOT network. Image consisted of 3x20sec exposures with RGB filters. Used Stiff to compose the color image and gimp to adjust levels.
Generate a finder chart
The following form will generate a PDF finder chart suitable for printing using to locate objects in the sky with your telescope!
The Date is only really useful for solar system objects, as deep space objects move measurably only on a galactic timescale.
The larger the F.O.V (field of view), the more "zoomed out" the object will appear. It can be helpful to print several charts of the same object with different field of views.
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