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To: Right Wing Professor
Comet Machholz
Coarse finder chart
(60° field-of-view, stars to mag. 6.5)
Fine finder chart
(5° field-of-view, stars to mag. 9.0)

All data valid for local time 06:09:45, 09 Dec (UTC 05:09:45, 09 Dec)
Geocentric Data
Right Ascension (J2000): 4h 41m 19.6s
Declination (J2000): -22° 28' 26"
Constellation: Eridanus
Magnitude: 5.6
Distance from Earth:   0.5269 AU
Light time: 263 seconds
 
Heliocentric Data
Distance from Sun: 1.4045 AU
Perihelion: 1.2051 AU
(24-Jan-2005)
Aphelion: 4,838.51 AU
Period: 119,039.8 years
Eccentricity: 0.999502
Inclination to ecliptic: 38.589°
Longitude of ascending node: 93.627°
Argument of perihelion: 19.502°

22 posted on 12/08/2004 9:13:32 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls

That's right where I saw it. Thanks.


32 posted on 12/08/2004 9:30:22 PM PST by Right Wing Professor
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