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12-27-07, 04:20 AM
Comet 8P/Tuttle is approaching its maximum brightness as it crosses Cassiopeia during this week, and will become bright enough to see with the naked eye from a dark site.
The comet will appear as a round, diffused greenish white glow in a pair of binoculars.
During January, the comet will rapidly move southwards through the constellation Eridanus by the end of the month.
Comet 8P/Tuttle, is a periodic comet that reappears in the inner solar system every 13.6 years.
On January 2, 2008 it will pass Earth at a distance of only 0.25 AU.
Read more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8P/Tuttle)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Dec. Delta r Elong. Phase mag
2007 12 26 01 10.65 +48 43.2 0.282 1.137 116.2 50.9 6.4
2007 12 31 01 32.45 +30 19.2 0.255 1.107 112.6 55.1 5.9
2008 01 05 01 50.19 +10 07.2 0.259 1.081 105.3 61.3 5.7
2008 01 10 02 05.01 -07 19.3 0.292 1.060 97.0 67.1 5.8
2008 01 15 02 17.68 -20 10.4 0.346 1.044 90.2 70.5 6.1
2008 01 20 02 28.69 -29 11.6 0.410 1.033 85.1 71.6 6.3
2008 01 25 02 38.41 -35 36.3 0.479 1.028 81.3 71.2 6.6
2008 01 30 02 47.17 -40 18.7 0.550 1.028 78.5 69.9 6.9
The comet will appear as a round, diffused greenish white glow in a pair of binoculars.
During January, the comet will rapidly move southwards through the constellation Eridanus by the end of the month.
Comet 8P/Tuttle, is a periodic comet that reappears in the inner solar system every 13.6 years.
On January 2, 2008 it will pass Earth at a distance of only 0.25 AU.
Read more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8P/Tuttle)
Date TT R. A. (2000) Dec. Delta r Elong. Phase mag
2007 12 26 01 10.65 +48 43.2 0.282 1.137 116.2 50.9 6.4
2007 12 31 01 32.45 +30 19.2 0.255 1.107 112.6 55.1 5.9
2008 01 05 01 50.19 +10 07.2 0.259 1.081 105.3 61.3 5.7
2008 01 10 02 05.01 -07 19.3 0.292 1.060 97.0 67.1 5.8
2008 01 15 02 17.68 -20 10.4 0.346 1.044 90.2 70.5 6.1
2008 01 20 02 28.69 -29 11.6 0.410 1.033 85.1 71.6 6.3
2008 01 25 02 38.41 -35 36.3 0.479 1.028 81.3 71.2 6.6
2008 01 30 02 47.17 -40 18.7 0.550 1.028 78.5 69.9 6.9