Comet McNaught C/2006 P1
Ottawa (75° 37' 26" W, 45° 27' 14" N), January 10th,
17:24 ... 17:38 EST, from photos taken at intervals of (approx.) one
minute.
(hp photosmart 735 camera,
f =
17.4mm lens, exposure time is about 2s)
Eccentricity = 1.0000135.
Perihelion:
2007 Jan. 12.79 TT at a distance q = 0.1707 A.U.
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McNaught (C/2006
P1)
as
visible
from longitude -75:36:32 latitude 45:26:37.1 (From CalSky)
Date
RA
(J2000) Dec Const- Mag- Radius
Delta Elonga-PosAngl dRA
dDec Rise Tran- Set
ella.
nitude
tion
Tail
sit
2006
h
m s o '
"
mag AU
AU
o
o "/h
"/h
h m h m h m
Dec 1
17:25:29.2 -11:57:05 Ser
8.7
1.1793 2.0930 16.3 E 50.7
62.1 13.9 7h33m 12h46m 17h59m
8
17:38:10.4 -11:13:42 Ser
7.8 1.0303 1.9547 14.4 E
35.7 71.5 17.2 7h15m
12h31m
17h48m
15 17:52:55.0 -10:20:06 Ser
6.7 0.8721 1.7957 13.8 E
19.8 84.4 21.1 6h58m
12h18m
17h39m
22 18:10:36.1 -9:15:28 Ser
5.3 0.7023 1.6126 14.3 E
6.4 103.8 24.8 6h44m
12h08m 17h33m
29 18:33:01.4 -8:05:43 Sct
3.4 0.5173 1.3989 15.1 E
358.4
137.2 23.0 6h33m 12h03m 17h33m
Jan 5
19:04:37.5 -7:43:00 Aql
0.3
0.3156 1.1402 14.9 E 359.1 208.5
-24.7 6h34m 12h06m 17h39m
6 19:10:27.4 -7:57:01
Aql
-0.3 0.2864 1.0982 14.5 E
0.4 225.0 -46.9 6h36m 12h08m
17h39m
7
19:16:45.9 -8:21:46 Aql
-0.9 0.2580 1.0549 14.0 E
2.2 243.5 -78.9 6h40m 12h11m
17h40m
8
19:23:36.0 -9:01:58 Aql
-1.6 0.2310 1.0105 13.2 E
4.9 263.3 -125.1 6h45m 12h13m 17h40m
9
19:30:59.2 -10:04:16 Aql -2.3
0.2068
0.9658 12.1 E 8.7 282.6
-190.3 6h52m 12h17m 17h39m
10 19:38:52.7 -11:37:01 Aql -2.9
0.1871
0.9222 10.7 E 14.4 297.2
-277.3 7h01m 12h21m 17h37m
11 19:47:05.0 -13:48:00 Sgr -3.4
0.1744
0.8825 8.8 E 24.0 300.5
-379.0 7h13m 12h25m 17h31m
12 19:55:14.5 -16:39:02 Sgr -3.6
0.1709
0.8502 6.7 E 41.6 286.8
-472.4 7h29m 12h29m 17h23m
Jan 15 20:16:50.0 -27:37:06 Sgr -2.4
0.2173
0.8185 9.0 E 135.3 186.1
-503.3 8h31m 12h38m 16h39m
16 20:22:06.6 -30:49:26
Sgr -1.8
0.2430 0.8269 11.8 E 146.0 160.1
-456.9 8h54m 12h40m 16h20m
17 20:26:49.6 -33:42:15
Sgr
-1.2
0.2707 0.8404 14.5 E 152.3 139.8
-407.1 9h15m 12h41m 16h01m
18 20:31:06.7 -36:15:30
Mic
-0.6
0.2995 0.8575 17.0 E 156.5 124.0
-359.7 9h37m 12h41m 15h40m
19 20:35:03.7 -38:30:46
Mic
-0.0
0.3288 0.8769 19.3 E 159.5 111.8
-317.3 9h59m 12h42m 15h19m
20 20:38:45.3 -40:30:08 Mic
0.5 0.3583 0.8978 21.3 E 161.8
102.2 -280.3 10h22m 12h41m 14h56m
21 20:42:14.7 -42:15:45
Mic 1.0 0.3876 0.9197
23.2 W
163.6 94.4 -248.4 10h47m 12h41m 14h31m
22 20:45:34.4 -43:49:32
Mic 1.4 0.4167 0.9420
24.9 W
165.2 88.2 -221.1 11h15m 12h41m 14h02m
23 20:48:46.4 -45:13:11 Ind
1.8 0.4455 0.9647 26.4 W
166.5 83.0 -197.7 --h--m --h--m --h--m
24 20:51:51.8 -46:28:11
Ind 2.2 0.4739 0.9873 27.8 W
167.7 78.6 -177.7 --h--m --h--m --h--m
26
20:57:20.3 -48:27:46 Ind
2.8
0.5254 1.0289 30.1 W 169.6 72.2
-147.8 --h--m --h--m --h--m
Feb 2
21:16:28.8 -53:38:48 Ind
4.7
0.7097 1.1770 37.0 W 175.1
58.0
-84.1 --h--m --h--m --h--m
9
21:34:12.3 -56:51:42 Ind
6.1 0.8790 1.3062 42.3 W
179.3 50.6 -57.2 --h--m --h--m
--h--m
16 21:51:12.6 -59:12:35 Ind
7.2 1.0368 1.4172 47.0 W
182.8 46.0 -45.0 --h--m --h--m
--h--m
23 22:07:49.2 -61:09:45 Ind
8.0 1.1854 1.5122 51.5 W
185.9 42.6 -39.5 --h--m --h--m
--h--m
Mar 2
22:24:15.7 -62:57:05 Tuc
8.7
1.3267 1.5936 56.1 W 188.6
40.0
-37.6 --h--m --h--m --h--m
9
22:40:47.0 -64:42:11 Tuc
9.3 1.4618 1.6636 60.7 W
190.9 38.1 -37.8 --h--m --h--m
--h--m
16 22:57:33.2 -66:29:04 Tuc
9.9 1.5909 1.7237 65.4 W
192.9 36.6 -39.2 --h--m --h--m
--h--m
23 23:15:04.9 -68:21:54 Ind
10.3
1.7163 1.7765 70.1 W 194.6
35.5
-41.5 --h--m --h--m --h--m
30 23:33:40.8 -70:21:36 Tuc
10.8
1.8378 1.8239 74.9 W 196.0
34.8
-44.1 --h--m --h--m --h--m
Apr 6
23:54:01.1 -72:28:37 Tuc 11.1
1.9558 1.8676 79.7 W 197.0
34.7
-46.6 --h--m --h--m --h--m
13 0:17:10.1 -74:42:31 Hyi
11.5 2.0706 1.9097 84.5 W
197.3 35.4 -48.9 --h--m --h--m
--h--m
20 0:44:56.2 -77:01:47 Hyi
11.8 2.1826 1.9520 89.2 W
196.7 37.2 -50.3 --h--m --h--m
--h--m
27 1:20:39.1 -79:22:43 Hyi
12.1 2.2920 1.9965 93.6 W
194.3 40.9 -49.9 --h--m --h--m
--h--m
May
4
2:10:55.2 -81:37:53 Hyi 12.4
2.3991
2.0450 97.7 W 188.7 47.6
-45.8
--h--m --h--m --h--m
11 3:28:06.2 -83:31:42 Men
12.7 2.5040 2.0990 101.5 W
176.7
57.9 -33.7 --h--m --h--m --h--m
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