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Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:54 pm
by ben
Hi,
Need advice for the RA & Dec data to enter to my controller to view the comet tonight.
thanks in advance.
Re: Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:53 pm
by orly_andico
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"
Re: Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:24 am
by ben
orly_andico, thanks for the info and linked provided. Not able to spot it last night as it was very cloudy last night...Regards
Re: Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:07 pm
by starfinder
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'.
Re: Comet Lovejoy C/2014 RA & Dec data
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:55 pm
by ben
Hi Starfinder, thanks for the link...Rgds