20 January, 2007

i-CAN of the Day

Comet C/2006P1(McNaought ) by Roberta in Chile

 

Comet McNaught is the brightest visible comet, and will be easy to see in Chile.
As it becomes dark, the comet and its long tail will become visible very low in the sky, almost exactly soutwest.

The following daily ephemeris is from the orbital elements on MPC 58538:
from the Harvard Minor Planet Center
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2006P1.html

00:24 (UT)
00:29 (UT)
01:03 (UT)
01:06(UT)
01:10 (UT)
01:16 (UT)
01:55 (UT)
Roberta in Chile
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