Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data

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ben
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Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data

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Hi,

Need advice for the RA & Dec data to enter to my controller to view the comet tonight.

thanks in advance.
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Re: Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data

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you can get this from Sky Safari, which in my opinion is a must-have application for iOS or Android.

anyway for tonight.. 03h 22m 16s, +17d 55' 30"
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Re: Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data

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orly_andico, thanks for the info and linked provided. Not able to spot it last night as it was very cloudy last night...Regards
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Re: Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data

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Hi ben,

You can obtain the RA and Dec coordinates (ephemeris) for any known solar system object from the JPL Horizons website:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi#top

For this comet, the target body would be keyed-in as 'C/2014 Q2'.
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Re: Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data

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Hi Starfinder, thanks for the link...Rgds
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