Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data

ben · Post by **ben** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:54 pm

Hi,

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

thanks in advance.

orly_andico · Post by **orly_andico** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:53 pm

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"

ben · Post by **ben** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:24 am

orly_andico, thanks for the info and linked provided. Not able to spot it last night as it was very cloudy last night...Regards

starfinder · Post by **starfinder** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:07 pm

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'.

ben · Post by **ben** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:55 pm

Hi Starfinder, thanks for the link...Rgds

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