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Comet C/2005 L3 (McNaught)
Time Stamp: 2012 01 04, 10:03:41 UT
Motion: 0.24"/min in PA 304.9°
stack 9 x 456 sec
Magnitude 19.7 N

C/2005 L3 (McNaught)

Epoch 2008 Jan. 15.0 TT = JDT 2454480.5
T 2008 Jan. 16.0060 TT MPC
q 5.593269 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.000016 Peri. 47.0969 -0.3083727 -0.7251636 T = 2454481.50596 JDT
+/-0.000000 Node 288.7391 -0.9449580 +0.3079262 q = 5.5932693
e 0.999910 Incl. 139.4487 +0.1093649 +0.6158890
1/a(orig) = +0.000062 AU**-1, 1/a(fut) = +0.000292 AU**-1.

earth distance delta = 10.540 AU
solar distance r = 11.184 AU
elongation = 128.9 degrees
phase = 3.9 degrees

0.3-m f/6.4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + Red filter
C. Bell H47 Vicksburg

Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux
Time Stamp: 2012 01 06, 10:41:51 UT
Motion: 0.96"/min in PA 57.0°

Stack of 17 x 131 sec
Magnitude 16.4 N
Tail 6 arc min PA 293

earth distance delta = 1.078 AU
solar distance r = 1.666 AU
elongation = 107.7 degrees
phase = 34.2 degrees

0.3-m f/6.4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + Red filter
C. Bell H47 Vicksburg

Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux
Time Stamp: 2012 01 04, 11:45:05 UT
Motion: 0.99"/min in PA 59.7°
Stack of 14 x 125 sec
Magnitude 16.5 N
Tail 7 arc min PA 290

Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5
T 2011 Oct. 19.0846 TT MPC
q 1.423881 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.1465509 Peri. 332.7979 -0.0511147 -0.9569220 T = 2455853.58455 JDT
a 3.562955 Node 118.8749 +0.9653487 -0.1206745 q = 1.4238811
e 0.600365 Incl. 19.0497 +0.2559087 +0.2640795 Earth MOID = 0.46365 AU
P 6.73

earth distance delta = 1.084 AU
solar distance r = 1.656 AU
elongation = 106.3 degrees
phase = 34.8 degrees

0.3-m f/6.4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + Red filter
C. Bell H47 Vicksburg

Comet C/2011 G1 (McNaught)
Time Stamp: 2012 01 03, 8:53:11 UT
Motion: 2.83"/min in PA 296.2°
stack 20 x 36 sec
magnitude 17.6N

Epoch 2011 Oct. 6.0 TT = JDT 2455840.5
T 2011 Sept. 16.4146 TT MPC
q 2.155132 (2000.0) P Q
z -0.000474 Peri. 354.5509 -0.9253609 +0.3521036 T = 2455820.91461 JDT
+/-0.000001 Node 152.5910 +0.3583142 +0.6914208 q = 2.1551322
e 1.001021 Incl. 162.2339 +0.1237665 +0.6308409
1/a(orig) = +0.000321 AU**-1, 1/a(fut) = -0.000203 AU**-1.

earth distance delta = 1.586 AU
solar distance r = 2.497 AU
elongation = 151.8 degrees
phase = 10.7 degrees

0.3-m f/6.4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + Red filter
C. Bell H47 Vicksburg

Comet 164P/Christensen
Time Stamp: 2012 01 02, 10:16:49 UT
Motion: 0.36"/min in PA 17.2°
Magnitude 17.6 N
stack 9 x 322 Sec

Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5
T 2011 June 2.3564 TT MPC
q 1.675620 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.1411764 Peri. 325.8694 +0.5626127 -0.7779003 T = 2455714.85639 JDT
a 3.652817 Node 88.3242 +0.8071730 +0.4436855 q = 1.6756200
e 0.541280 Incl. 16.2608 +0.1787141 +0.4449881 Earth MOID = 0.71268 AU
P 6.98

earth distance delta = 1.929 AU
solar distance r = 2.544 AU
elongation = 118.1 degrees
phase = 19.9 degrees

0.3-m f/6.4 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD + Red filter
C. Bell H47 Vicksburg