41P (P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak) - PHOTOS AND OBSERVATIONS
Possum Observatory - John Drummond, New Zealand
Comet 41P is currently in the NW at sunset (for NZ).
The following was extracted from GUIDE 8.0 software...
Orbital elements:
Semimajor axis 3.0855402 AU
Eccentricity 0.6604170
Inclination of orbit 9.2293000 degrees
Argument of perihelion 62.1980000 degrees
Long. ascending node 141.0896000 degrees
Date of perihelion JD 2453898.30330 (11 Jun 2006 19:16:45)
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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Date (UT): Scope: Camera: Exposures and ISO: NOTES: |
Saturday 22.30-33 July 2006 (UT) 41cm (16") f4.5 Meade Newtonian Canon EOS 10D digital SLR 16 x 3-6 minutes @ 800 ASA Comet is ~mag 12 |
EPHEMERIDES... (please note that 41P is currently brighter than the suggested mag estimate)
P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak (41P)
Date RA declination mag Elong
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30 Jul 2006 16:22:50 13h34.17810m +01 15.482' 13.6 74.8 Vir
2 Aug 2006 16:22:50 13h47.07608m -00 14.456' 14.0 75.5 Vir
5 Aug 2006 16:22:50 13h59.76238m -01 42.374' 14.3 76.1 Vir
8 Aug 2006 16:22:50 14h12.22687m -03 07.799' 14.6 76.7 Vir
11 Aug 2006 16:22:50 14h24.46210m -04 30.342' 15.0 77.2 Vir
14 Aug 2006 16:22:50 14h36.46402m -05 49.690' 15.3 77.6 Vir
17 Aug 2006 16:22:50 14h48.23169m -07 05.608' 15.7 77.9 Lib
20 Aug 2006 16:22:50 14h59.76592m -08 17.917' 16.0 78.1 Lib
23 Aug 2006 16:22:50 15h11.06836m -09 26.495' 16.4 78.2 Lib
26 Aug 2006 16:22:50 15h22.14122m -10 31.266' 16.7 78.3 Lib
29 Aug 2006 16:22:50 15h32.98719m -11 32.202' 17.1 78.2 Lib
1 Sep 2006 16:22:50 15h43.60944m -12 29.313' 17.5 78.1 Lib
4 Sep 2006 16:22:50 15h54.01153m -13 22.646' 17.8 77.9 Lib
7 Sep 2006 16:22:50 16h04.19757m -14 12.275' 18.2 77.6 Sco
10 Sep 2006 16:22:50 16h14.17282m -14 58.302' 18.5 77.2 Sco
13 Sep 2006 16:22:50 16h23.94418m -15 40.847' 18.9 76.7 Oph
16 Sep 2006 16:22:50 16h33.51940m -16 20.037' 19.2 76.2 Oph
19 Sep 2006 16:22:50 16h42.90600m -16 56.001' 19.5 75.6 Oph
22 Sep 2006 16:22:50 16h52.11086m -17 28.868' 19.9 74.9 Oph
25 Sep 2006 16:22:50 17h01.14025m -17 58.768' 20.2 74.1 Oph