Comet C/2007 N3 Lunin in Sagittarius for Stellafane!

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Comet C/2007 N3 Lunin in Sagittarius for Stellafane!

Postby Galactus » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:02 pm

I got this off of a Yahoo! Group:
C/2007 N3 Lunin is a magnitude 11.8 comet in Sagittarius. It has a
relative motion of 2.36 arc seconds per minute


Here is the Data from Heavens-Above:

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Coarse finder chart
(60° field-of-view, stars to mag. 6.5)

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Fine finder chart
(2° field-of-view, stars to mag. 12)

Geocentric Data
Right Ascension (J2000) 19h 28.2m
Declination (J2000) -20° 7'
Constellation Sagittarius
Magnitude 11.8
Distance from Earth 1.649 AU

Orbital Data
Distance from Sun 2.642 AU
Perihelion 1.212 AU
(10-Jan-2009)
Aphelion not applicable
Period not applicable
Eccentricity 1.000227
Inclination to ecliptic 178.4°

Enjoy this comet all of you Stellafaners and anyone else! :lol: :lol: If anyone else can find some other charts and info, please post! My compter (Internet Explorer, really) crashed twice posting this and what would normally take ten minutes has taken over an hour! Im tired of searching for more comet info! :lol: :twisted: :lol:
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Postby Joe B » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:43 pm

Thanks for the heads up george..If you or anyone else that is going could please print this info out for me i would apreciate it..My printer is down and out right now.Thanks..
Joe

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Postby Galactus » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:31 pm

NP, Joe, will do. :wink: :D
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Postby ASSNE Prime » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:11 pm

Hey as long as someone is at the printer... my laptop is DOA and that's where all my astro software is. I don't dare put anything more on my kids PC, it takes 5 full minutes to boot up now!

If someone is printing an observing plan can they print a copy for me please?

TIA!
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