3 Jul
2005
3 Jul
'05
8:30 p.m.
Is anyone planning on observing the Tempel 1 impact tonight? According to my Kstars program the position of the comet tonight should be at RA 13H 37m 23s and DEC -9˚ 31' 11'. At the same time Spica will be at 13H 25m 28s and RA -11˚ 11' 26" So if you Center Spica and adjust the RA forward by 12 minutes and Adjust the DEC higher by 1˚ 40' 15", you should be able to see Tempel 1. My only problem is the Southern sky from where I'm at is very light polluted (Provo/Orem), so that part of the sky is usually pretty hard to view. I'm going to take both my scopes out and at least try to see it (assuming the skies stay clear).