COMET 2007 E1 (Garradd) - PHOTOS AND OBSERVATIONS

Possum Observatory - John Drummond, New Zealand

C/2007 E1 (Garradd) is now (as at 23 March 2007) fading... See below for ephemerides

The following was extracted from GUIDE 8.0 software...

Orbital elements:

Garradd (C/2007 E1) mag 13.4
Perihelion distance 1.2823200 AU
Orbital elements:
Eccentricity 1.0000000
Inclination of orbit 174.3760000 degrees
Argument of perihelion 7.2790000 degrees
Long. ascending node 154.0560000 degrees
Date of perihelion JD 2454243.71100 (23 May 2007 5:03:50)

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	Date (UT): Scope: Camera: Exposures: NOTES:	Saturday 24.43 March 2007 (UT) 41cm (16") f5.2 Meade Newtonian SBIG STL11000M CCD 1 minute - 5xLum

EPHEMERIDES...

Garradd (C/2007 E1)
Date RA declination mag Elong
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25 Mar 2007 4:49:50 14h07m04.68s -22 50' 22.1" 13.4 145.0 Hya
30 Mar 2007 4:49:50 13h05m40.61s -17 56' 58.6" 13.0 163.2 Vir
4 Apr 2007 4:49:50 11h51m04.54s -09 50' 05.5" 12.7 164.8 Crt
9 Apr 2007 4:49:50 10h38m22.25s -00 23' 57.2" 12.7 142.1 Sex
14 Apr 2007 4:49:50 09h40m40.84s +07 17' 49.5" 12.9 121.5 Leo
19 Apr 2007 4:49:50 08h59m40.16s +12 27' 43.1" 13.2 105.5 Cnc
24 Apr 2007 4:49:50 08h31m18.10s +15 46' 27.5" 13.5 93.2 Cnc
29 Apr 2007 4:49:50 08h11m26.52s +17 57' 06.5" 13.8 83.2 Cnc
4 May 2007 4:49:50 07h57m11.95s +19 26' 56.4" 14.0 74.7 Cnc
9 May 2007 4:49:50 07h46m43.68s +20 31' 36.0" 14.2 67.2 Gem
14 May 2007 4:49:50 07h38m51.64s +21 20' 05.4" 14.4 60.5 Gem
19 May 2007 4:49:50 07h32m50.44s +21 57' 46.6" 14.6 54.2 Gem
24 May 2007 4:49:50 07h28m09.46s +22 28' 00.7" 14.7 48.2 Gem
29 May 2007 4:49:50 07h24m27.61s +22 52' 58.1" 14.9 42.5 Gem
3 Jun 2007 4:49:50 07h21m30.32s +23 14' 05.8" 15.1 37.0 Gem
8 Jun 2007 4:49:50 07h19m07.34s +23 32' 23.5" 15.2 31.6 Gem
13 Jun 2007 4:49:50 07h17m11.15s +23 48' 33.6" 15.4 26.4 Gem
18 Jun 2007 4:49:50 07h15m35.77s +24 03' 08.1" 15.5 21.2 Gem
23 Jun 2007 4:49:50 07h14m16.14s +24 16' 32.6" 15.7 16.2 Gem
28 Jun 2007 4:49:50 07h13m08.08s +24 29' 07.5" 15.8 11.2 Gem
3 Jul 2007 4:49:50 07h12m08.19s +24 41' 09.3" 15.9 6.4 Gem
8 Jul 2007 4:49:50 07h11m13.52s +24 52' 51.7" 16.1 2.6 Gem