2 New Comets!

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2 New Comets!

Postby Mark G » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:42 pm

Heard of these Comets yet?

C/2006 W3 Christensen

A northern hemisphere evening comet visible in small telescopes
This comet begins the month in Cassiopeia at magnitude 10.3. Look for a 3.3' coma. It should brighten slowly, moving into Cepheus by month's end.

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Happy hunting as Harvard .edu says it's 13th mag :!:

Comet 85P Boethin

Heavens-above & Harvard says it's 10th mag

Right Ascension (J2000) 19h 40.4m
Declination (J2000) -22° 37'
Constellation Sagittarius
Magnitude 10.0
Distance from Earth 0.960 AU

Here's Harvard edu infor for tonight 10/4/08.
10 04 2008 R.A. 19 39.76 Dec -22 42.2 Mag 10.1 a bit different then heavans above.

http://www.heavens-above.com/comet.aspx ... flpnabmcpm

Area of sky map
http://www.heavens-above.com/skychart.a ... &cn=1&cl=1

Starfield map
http://www.heavens-above.com/skychart.a ... &cn=1&cl=1
Clear skies,

Mark
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