COMET 2007 F1 (LONEOS) - PHOTOS AND OBSERVATIONS
Possum Observatory - John Drummond, New Zealand
The following are images I took of it with an SBIG STL11000M CCD and 16" (41cm) Newtonian.
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Date (UT): Scope: Camera: Exposures: NOTES: |
Saturday 3.33 November 2007 (UT) 41cm (16") f4.5 Meade Newtonian Canon 10D DSLT camera (~43'x28')) 8 x 1 minute Comet is about mag 5 and only a few degrees above the SW horison |
EPHEMERIDES... (note, these are initial only and will change as time progresses) - for NZST (12 hours ahead of UT). Mag very approximate...
LONEOS (C/2007 F1)
Date RA declination mag Elong Alt Azim
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4 Nov 2007 21:01:10 16h17m12.80s -25 05' 06.0" 5.9 25.7 10.33 246.02
Sco
7 Nov 2007 21:01:10 16h34m08.06s -31 46' 46.7" 6.5 28.7 15.27 241.25
Sco
10 Nov 2007 21:01:10 16h47m18.17s -36 57' 55.5" 7.1 30.9 18.52 237.02
Sco
13 Nov 2007 21:01:10 16h57m40.46s -40 58' 46.6" 7.7 32.4 20.56 233.34
Sco
16 Nov 2007 21:01:10 17h06m03.66s -44 08' 09.4" 8.3 33.2 21.78 230.15
Sco
19 Nov 2007 21:01:10 17h13m04.19s -46 40' 23.7" 8.8 33.7 22.46 227.36
Ara
22 Nov 2007 21:01:10 17h19m07.87s -48 45' 42.8" 9.3 33.9 22.80 224.89
Ara
25 Nov 2007 21:01:10 17h24m32.65s -50 31' 17.3" 9.7 34.0 22.90 222.68
Ara
28 Nov 2007 21:01:10 17h29m31.03s -52 02' 11.3" 10.2 34.0 22.85 220.67
Ara
1 Dec 2007 21:01:10 17h34m11.71s -53 22' 02.9" 10.5 34.1 22.72 218.82
Ara
4 Dec 2007 21:01:10 17h38m40.67s -54 33' 31.2" 10.9 34.2 22.52 217.09
Ara
7 Dec 2007 21:01:10 17h43m02.02s -55 38' 34.4" 11.2 34.3 22.30 215.46
Ara
10 Dec 2007 21:01:10 17h47m18.60s -56 38' 41.6" 11.5 34.6 22.06 213.92
Ara
13 Dec 2007 21:01:10 17h51m32.39s -57 35' 01.2" 11.8 34.9 21.83 212.44
Pav
16 Dec 2007 21:01:10 17h55m44.71s -58 28' 26.5" 12.1 35.4 21.61 211.01
Pav
19 Dec 2007 21:01:10 17h59m56.51s -59 19' 39.3" 12.3 36.0 21.41 209.63
Pav
22 Dec 2007 21:01:10 18h04m08.53s -60 09' 13.2" 12.6 36.7 21.24 208.28
Pav
25 Dec 2007 21:01:10 18h08m21.38s -60 57' 35.6" 12.8 37.6 21.09 206.97
Pav
28 Dec 2007 21:01:10 18h12m35.56s -61 45' 09.6" 13.0 38.5 20.98 205.68
Pav
31 Dec 2007 21:01:10 18h16m51.43s -62 32' 14.7" 13.2 39.6 20.91 204.42
Pav
3 Jan 2008 21:01:10 18h21m09.17s -63 19' 08.1" 13.4 40.8 20.88 203.18
Pav