Re: [Utah-astronomy] C/2000 T7 LINEAR
Jim, I went to the library today and looked at the recent Jan. edition of Astronomy magazine to get coordinates for the T7 LINEAR comet. Since the weather forcast doesn't look good until sometime after New Year's day, I won't get out to find until sometime in January. Anyway here is the table I copied. Date R.A. DEC Jan 1 1hr 09.2m 25 45' Jan 6 0hr 57.8m 23 57' Jan 11 0hr 48.1m 22 17' Jan 16 0hr 40.0m 20 46' Jan 21 0hr 33.2m 19 23' Jan 26 0hr 27.6m 18 10' Jan 31 0hr 22.9m 17 04 According to these coordinates, the comet should enter Pisces and head southwest towards Gamma Pegasus at the end of the month. Also, for those of you that don't know it yet, this comet should reach 1st magnitude by May if the predictions are correct. Hopefully it won't fizzle out like the infamous Kohoutek comet of '74. Debbie ps I finally got my Jan issue of Sky and Telescope today.
And to save a trip to the library, have a look at: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2002T7.html Patrick UTAHDEB@aol.com wrote:
Jim,
I went to the library today and looked at the recent Jan. edition of Astronomy magazine to get coordinates for the T7 LINEAR comet. Since the weather forcast doesn't look good until sometime after New Year's day, I won't get out to find until sometime in January. Anyway here is the table I copied.
Date R.A. DEC
Jan 1 1hr 09.2m 25 45' Jan 6 0hr 57.8m 23 57' Jan 11 0hr 48.1m 22 17' Jan 16 0hr 40.0m 20 46' Jan 21 0hr 33.2m 19 23' Jan 26 0hr 27.6m 18 10' Jan 31 0hr 22.9m 17 04
According to these coordinates, the comet should enter Pisces and head southwest towards Gamma Pegasus at the end of the month. Also, for those of you that don't know it yet, this comet should reach 1st magnitude by May if the predictions are correct. Hopefully it won't fizzle out like the infamous Kohoutek comet of '74.
Debbie
ps I finally got my Jan issue of Sky and Telescope today.
--- UTAHDEB@aol.com wrote:
Hopefully it won't fizzle out like the infamous Kohoutek comet of '74.
Debbie, I remember seeing comet Kohoutek back then, in a 4.25" f/10 Newtonian, at the tender age of 15. I was disappointed that the smudge I saw in the eyepiece didn't live up to the hype, but was still thrilled that I'd found a real comet all by myself. Little did I know what awaited me just a few seasons ahead! Comet West more than made up for Kohoutek's fizzle, but didn't get nearly the press. Another West would be sweet. C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003
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