COMET 2005 E2 (McNaught) - PHOTOS AND OBSERVATIONS. Possum Observatory
Comet 2005 E2 (McNaught) should be at its brightest on the 21st February 2006 when it may be about magnitude 9. At this stage it will be a t a declination of +07* and have an elongation of 33*.
The following was extracted from GUIDE 8.0 software...
McNaught (C/2005 E2)
Perihelion distance 1.5195730 AU
Orbital elements:
Eccentricity 1.0000650
Inclination of orbit 16.9888000 degrees
Argument of perihelion 39.9725000 degrees
Long. ascending node 347.8472000 degrees
Date of perihelion JD 2453789.98320 (23 Feb 2006 11:35:48)
The following are some images I took of it with a Canon EOS 10D digital SLR. Observations and daily ephemerides lower down.
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Monday 31 October 2005 (UT) 41cm (16") f5.2 Meade Newtonian Canon EOS 10D digital SLR 11 x 2minute @ 800/3200 ASA Comet is about mag 11 |
My observations of this comet...
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