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Comet for Windows can draw multiple light curves of comets in one graph. Composite graph of light curves of comets which return in one year will be useful for an annual bulletin.
For example, here let's create a composite graph of light curves of periodic comets returning in 2006. Please launch Comet for Windows, and select "Menu" - "Light Curve (Multiple)" menu.
Please select "Setting" - "Select Comets" menu, and select periodic comets returning in 2006.
Please select "View" - "Setting" menu, and select different colors for each comet. Please input the title as "Bright Comets in 2006".
Finally, please select "View" - "Range" menu, and set the range of date to draw the light curves for one year from 2006 January to 2007 January. Please set the range of magnitude properly, too.
Then the composite graph of light curves of periodic comets returning in 2006 is completed.
This graph shows that we can see no bright comets in early 2006, however, we can enjoy some bright comets from spring to summer.
Comet for Windows can make an ephemeris table to publish in the annual bulletin of comets.
For example, here let's make an ephemeris table of periodic comets returning in 2006. Please launch Comet for Windows, and select "Menu" - "Ephemeris" menu.
Please select "Setting" - "Select Comets" menu, and select periodic comets returning in 2006. Please select "View" - "Sort" - "Sort by Perihelion Date (T)" menu, and display comets in the order of the perihelion date.
Please select "View" - "Setting" menu, and configure as you want. For example, here configure as follows.
Next, please select "Setting" - "Date" menu, and open "Date" dialog. Here please check "Set by Days from T" check box, and input the range of "Days from T" as follows.
Finally, please select "View" - "Format" - "Order by Comet with Orbital Elements (Default)" menu.
Then the ephemeris table of periodic comets returning in 2006 for 200 days around the perihelion passage respectively is completed.
Comments on each comet can be derived from this ephemeris table.
For example, this ephemeris table shows that Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 is observable in good condition. It passes extremely close by the earth and becomes a naked eye object. In addition, it keeps observable for a long time, from when it starts brightening, until when it becomes faint. Comet 4P/Faye keeps observable for a long time, too.
On the other hand, the condition of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova is very bad, and it will not be observable in this return. Comet 71P/Clark will be low after the perihelion passage in the Northern Hemisphere, so it should be observed in spring when it locates high.
132P/Helin-Roman-Alu 2 Epoch = 2006 Mar. 6.0 T = 2006 Feb. 14.9934 q = 1.924163 Peri.= 221.0984 e = 0.529995 Node.= 178.3877 (2000.0) i = 5.7659 m1 = 7.2 + 5 log d + 31 log r(t - 26) [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2005-11- 6 22 7.77 -11 17.6 2.119 1.630 105 19.0 19:04 ( 0, 44) 2005-11-26 22 31.22 -10 3.7 2.053 1.783 90 18.7 18:18 ( 3, 45) 2005-12-16 23 2.58 -7 43.7 1.998 1.942 78 18.4 18:20 ( 21, 45) 2006- 1- 5 23 39.52 -4 30.2 1.958 2.099 68 18.2 18:32 ( 40, 42) 2006- 1-25 0 20.38 -0 38.8 1.933 2.252 58 18.1 18:48 ( 57, 37) 2006- 2-14 1 4.05 3 32.3 1.924 2.402 50 18.0 19:06 ( 71, 30) 2006- 3- 6 1 49.83 7 43.2 1.933 2.549 42 18.0 19:23 ( 83, 23) 2006- 3-26 2 37.21 11 34.8 1.958 2.694 34 18.2 19:40 ( 94, 15) 2006- 4-15 3 25.67 14 50.6 1.998 2.836 27 18.4 20:00 (104, 6) 2006- 5- 5 4 14.53 17 18.3 2.053 2.972 19 18.8 20:23 (113, -2) 2006- 5-25 5 2.98 18 51.2 2.119 3.096 12 19.2 20:45 (122,-11) 98P/Takamizawa Epoch = 2006 Mar. 6.0 T = 2006 Mar. 6.4762 q = 1.662810 Peri.= 157.8784 e = 0.562105 Node.= 114.7656 (2000.0) i = 10.5567 m1 = 13.0 + 5 log d + 15 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2005-11-26 15 13.51 -10 52.0 1.928 2.852 16 19.6 5:16 (282, -1) 2005-12-16 16 5.28 -14 12.5 1.840 2.702 23 19.1 5:30 (291, 5) 2006- 1- 5 17 1.24 -16 44.8 1.766 2.553 29 18.7 5:38 (298, 9) 2006- 1-25 18 0.45 -18 12.1 1.710 2.413 35 18.4 5:36 (302, 11) 2006- 2-14 19 1.19 -18 24.9 1.675 2.286 41 18.2 5:22 (303, 12) 2006- 3- 6 20 1.28 -17 25.8 1.663 2.175 46 18.0 4:59 (301, 12) 2006- 3-26 20 58.60 -15 30.2 1.675 2.074 52 17.9 4:31 (299, 12) 2006- 4-15 21 51.58 -13 2.9 1.710 1.981 59 18.0 4:00 (296, 12) 2006- 5- 5 22 39.17 -10 31.9 1.766 1.889 67 18.1 3:31 (294, 14) 2006- 5-25 23 20.54 -8 24.3 1.840 1.792 76 18.2 3:08 (295, 18) 2006- 6-14 23 54.72 -7 3.9 1.928 1.689 87 18.4 2:58 (300, 26) 83P/Russell 1 Epoch = 2006 Apr. 15.0 T = 2006 Apr. 7.7445 q = 2.171785 Peri.= 333.7771 e = 0.438953 Node.= 226.4197 (2000.0) i = 17.7666 m1 = 13.0 + 5 log d + 15 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2005-12-28 12 17.20 -19 59.3 2.302 2.167 85 20.1 5:36 (356, 35) 2006- 1-17 12 42.65 -23 23.8 2.257 1.901 97 19.7 4:57 ( 0, 32) 2006- 2- 6 13 2.33 -25 54.6 2.220 1.654 112 19.3 3:58 ( 0, 29) 2006- 2-26 13 13.52 -26 59.7 2.194 1.438 128 18.9 2:51 ( 0, 28) 2006- 3-18 13 14.58 -26 0.8 2.177 1.276 146 18.6 1:34 ( 0, 29) 2006- 4- 7 13 7.96 -22 38.3 2.172 1.191 164 18.4 0:09 ( 0, 32) 2006- 4-27 13 1.07 -17 40.2 2.177 1.201 160 18.5 22:39 ( 0, 37) 2006- 5-17 13 1.22 -12 54.5 2.194 1.306 142 18.7 21:21 ( 0, 42) 2006- 6- 6 13 10.92 -9 41.0 2.220 1.485 124 19.1 20:56 ( 15, 44) 2006- 6-26 13 28.95 -8 12.5 2.257 1.715 108 19.5 21:04 ( 37, 39) 2006- 7-16 13 53.09 -8 5.8 2.302 1.976 95 19.9 20:56 ( 49, 33) P/1999 RO28 ( LONEOS ) Epoch = 2006 May 25.0 T = 2006 May 11.7612 q = 1.227799 Peri.= 219.9689 e = 0.651293 Node.= 148.3707 (2000.0) i = 8.1836 m1 = 20.5 + 5 log d + 10 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 1-31 20 11.30 -17 4.3 1.709 2.667 10 25.0 5:33 (285, -9) 2006- 2-20 21 10.70 -14 11.5 1.563 2.488 16 24.4 5:16 (283, -7) 2006- 3-12 22 14.46 -9 56.8 1.431 2.324 20 23.9 4:51 (278, -6) 2006- 4- 1 23 22.11 -4 30.5 1.324 2.194 22 23.4 4:22 (271, -7) 2006- 4-21 0 32.97 1 37.1 1.253 2.112 23 23.1 3:51 (263, -8) 2006- 5-11 1 45.83 7 37.6 1.228 2.083 23 23.0 3:23 (254, -9) 2006- 5-31 2 58.70 12 38.2 1.253 2.103 24 23.1 3:04 (248, -8) 2006- 6-20 4 9.02 16 3.3 1.324 2.156 26 23.4 2:59 (246, -6) 2006- 7-10 5 14.24 17 45.0 1.431 2.224 29 23.8 3:09 (248, 0) 2006- 7-30 6 12.58 17 57.7 1.562 2.286 34 24.2 3:29 (254, 8) 2006- 8-19 7 3.19 17 6.1 1.708 2.326 41 24.7 3:51 (261, 17) 71P/Clark Epoch = 2006 May 25.0 T = 2006 June 7.2131 q = 1.562127 Peri.= 208.7515 e = 0.499855 Node.= 59.6553 (2000.0) i = 9.4886 m1 = 8.0 + 5 log d + 22.0 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 2-27 16 20.92 -16 13.5 1.826 1.496 92 14.6 5:08 (346, 38) 2006- 3-19 17 4.44 -18 53.3 1.739 1.241 101 13.8 4:41 (349, 35) 2006- 4- 8 17 47.62 -21 35.4 1.665 1.019 111 12.9 4:11 (351, 33) 2006- 4-28 18 28.32 -24 42.6 1.609 0.838 121 12.2 3:40 (354, 30) 2006- 5-18 19 3.04 -28 42.4 1.574 0.700 132 11.6 3:15 (359, 26) 2006- 6- 7 19 26.89 -33 42.9 1.562 0.614 146 11.2 2:26 ( 0, 21) 2006- 6-27 19 36.11 -38 47.4 1.574 0.585 158 11.2 1:17 ( 0, 16) 2006- 7-17 19 34.53 -41 58.1 1.609 0.618 159 11.5 23:53 ( 0, 13) 2006- 8- 6 19 34.82 -42 9.8 1.665 0.715 148 12.1 22:35 ( 0, 13) 2006- 8-26 19 46.13 -40 3.2 1.739 0.869 135 13.0 21:28 ( 0, 15) 2006- 9-15 20 8.08 -36 44.0 1.826 1.075 122 13.9 20:31 ( 0, 18) 102P/Shoemaker 1 Epoch = 2006 May 25.0 T = 2006 June 7.3313 q = 1.973642 Peri.= 18.5591 e = 0.472263 Node.= 339.9444 (2000.0) i = 26.2531 m1 = 12.0 + 5 log d + 15 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 2-27 22 1.51 -19 12.6 2.141 3.086 14 19.4 5:08 (283,-16) 2006- 3-19 22 41.34 -13 10.4 2.083 2.972 22 19.1 4:41 (279,-10) 2006- 4- 8 23 19.80 -6 39.7 2.037 2.839 30 18.9 4:11 (275, -5) 2006- 4-28 23 57.20 0 13.3 2.002 2.691 38 18.7 3:40 (271, 1) 2006- 5-18 0 33.87 7 22.6 1.981 2.535 46 18.5 3:15 (267, 9) 2006- 6- 7 1 10.05 14 41.8 1.974 2.374 54 18.3 3:00 (265, 19) 2006- 6-27 1 45.79 22 4.5 1.981 2.214 63 18.2 3:01 (264, 31) 2006- 7-17 2 20.74 29 24.2 2.002 2.058 72 18.1 3:15 (263, 46) 2006- 8- 6 2 53.85 36 35.1 2.036 1.909 82 18.0 3:37 (257, 62) 2006- 8-26 3 22.93 43 31.4 2.083 1.773 92 18.0 3:58 (233, 74) 2006- 9-15 3 43.89 50 4.5 2.141 1.656 104 18.1 4:09 (180, 75) 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Epoch = 2006 May 25.000000 T = 2006 June 7.404707 q = 0.9391603 Peri.= 198.80886 e = 0.6932642 Node.= 69.89405 (2000.0) i = 11.39709 m1 = 7.5 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 2-27 13 53.57 12 55.8 1.637 0.796 132 10.9 3:27 ( 0, 68) 2006- 3-19 14 18.82 16 38.2 1.448 0.532 141 9.0 2:33 ( 0, 71) 2006- 4- 8 14 48.51 22 28.4 1.266 0.318 141 6.9 1:44 ( 0, 77) 2006- 4-28 16 3.43 31 53.2 1.103 0.147 127 4.1 1:36 ( 0, 86) 2006- 5-18 22 50.80 14 0.8 0.984 0.085 68 2.0 3:15 (276, 37) 2006- 6- 7 1 12.75 -8 58.8 0.939 0.225 64 3.8 3:00 (284, 5) 2006- 6-27 1 55.73 -11 43.3 0.984 0.374 74 5.2 3:01 (292, 10) 2006- 7-17 2 19.48 -12 15.2 1.103 0.489 86 6.7 3:15 (304, 22) 2006- 8- 6 2 25.97 -13 25.4 1.266 0.564 102 8.1 3:37 (326, 35) 2006- 8-26 2 11.59 -15 27.9 1.448 0.621 123 9.4 3:57 ( 0, 40) 2006- 9-15 1 38.56 -17 5.9 1.637 0.704 145 10.6 2:06 ( 0, 38) 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak Epoch = 2006 May 25.000000 T = 2006 June 11.275170 q = 1.0477681 Peri.= 62.19799 e = 0.6603720 Node.= 141.08977 (2000.0) i = 9.22949 m1 = 13.5 + 5 log d + 18.0 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 3- 3 5 26.93 18 10.5 1.642 1.154 99 17.7 19:20 ( 29, 71) 2006- 3-23 5 47.10 21 3.0 1.473 1.182 84 16.9 19:38 ( 68, 61) 2006- 4-12 6 24.65 23 36.2 1.314 1.180 73 16.0 19:57 ( 85, 51) 2006- 5- 2 7 18.70 25 14.5 1.178 1.141 66 15.1 20:19 ( 94, 42) 2006- 5-22 8 28.58 25 6.0 1.083 1.071 62 14.3 20:42 ( 98, 35) 2006- 6-11 9 52.14 22 4.4 1.048 0.993 62 13.9 20:59 ( 96, 31) 2006- 7- 1 11 24.12 15 21.3 1.082 0.945 66 14.0 21:04 ( 88, 30) 2006- 7-21 12 56.68 5 41.6 1.178 0.967 72 14.7 20:52 ( 75, 29) 2006- 8-10 14 22.61 -4 13.7 1.314 1.083 77 15.8 20:28 ( 61, 29) 2006- 8-30 15 38.46 -11 59.5 1.473 1.290 78 17.1 19:58 ( 49, 28) 2006- 9-19 16 44.49 -17 0.7 1.642 1.567 75 18.4 19:26 ( 42, 26) 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Epoch = 2006 July 4.000000 T = 2006 June 29.784680 q = 0.5302429 Peri.= 326.11761 e = 0.8245212 Node.= 89.11034 (2000.0) i = 4.25324 m1 = 16.0 + 5 log d + 30.0 log r [ -inf , 10 ] m1 = 11.0 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [ 10 , 65 ] m1 = 11.5 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r [ 65 , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 3-21 21 14.94 -17 17.2 1.755 2.311 45 25.1 4:38 (296, 5) 2006- 4-10 22 12.16 -12 54.9 1.504 1.931 50 22.8 4:08 (291, 6) 2006- 4-30 23 23.91 -6 14.4 1.235 1.590 50 19.8 3:38 (282, 6) 2006- 5-20 0 58.86 3 33.2 0.950 1.350 44 16.0 3:13 (269, 4) 2006- 6- 9 3 3.87 15 0.8 0.675 1.297 30 11.4 3:00 (251, -1) 2006- 6-29 5 31.96 22 24.9 0.530 1.452 14 8.5 3:02 (235, -9) 2006- 7-19 7 50.34 21 43.9 0.674 1.690 1 10.4 3:17 (227,-16) 2006- 8- 8 9 31.09 16 28.4 0.950 1.958 4 12.2 20:31 (123,-15) 2006- 8-28 10 42.31 10 35.8 1.235 2.241 3 13.7 20:01 (115,-15) 2006- 9-17 11 35.99 5 20.7 1.504 2.506 3 17.0 4:18 (252,-15) 2006-10- 7 12 19.13 0 54.6 1.755 2.728 10 18.6 4:35 (263, -8) P/1999 X1 ( Hug-Bell ) Epoch = 2006 July 4.0 T = 2006 July 6.6805 q = 1.947003 Peri.= 296.8745 e = 0.470981 Node.= 103.6482 (2000.0) i = 10.9630 m1 = 13.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 3-28 0 17.55 -5 58.8 2.118 3.096 9 19.2 4:28 (262,-21) 2006- 4-17 1 0.85 -1 33.4 2.059 3.007 15 19.0 3:57 (259,-18) 2006- 5- 7 1 45.41 2 47.5 2.011 2.905 22 18.9 3:28 (256,-14) 2006- 5-27 2 31.21 6 51.1 1.976 2.795 29 18.7 3:07 (255, -9) 2006- 6-16 3 18.01 10 24.4 1.954 2.681 36 18.6 2:58 (256, -3) 2006- 7- 6 4 5.30 13 16.9 1.947 2.563 42 18.4 3:06 (259, 7) 2006- 7-26 4 52.15 15 21.9 1.954 2.440 50 18.3 3:25 (264, 18) 2006- 8-15 5 37.28 16 38.6 1.976 2.310 58 18.3 3:46 (270, 30) 2006- 9- 4 6 19.18 17 13.8 2.011 2.170 67 18.2 4:07 (279, 42) 2006- 9-24 6 56.14 17 21.0 2.059 2.019 78 18.2 4:24 (290, 54) 2006-10-14 7 26.22 17 20.6 2.118 1.860 90 18.1 4:40 (311, 66) 84P/Giclas Epoch = 2006 Aug. 13.0 T = 2006 Aug. 7.4552 q = 1.851739 Peri.= 276.3267 e = 0.492412 Node.= 112.4745 (2000.0) i = 7.2809 m1 = 8.5 + 5 log d + 25 log r(t - 123) [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 4-29 0 12.09 -3 19.1 2.046 2.749 37 21.1 3:39 (272, -3) 2006- 5-19 0 56.65 0 47.2 1.980 2.560 45 20.5 3:14 (270, 1) 2006- 6- 8 1 42.32 4 43.3 1.926 2.373 52 19.9 3:00 (270, 7) 2006- 6-28 2 28.84 8 15.1 1.885 2.192 59 19.3 3:01 (271, 16) 2006- 7-18 3 15.51 11 9.0 1.860 2.019 66 18.7 3:16 (276, 28) 2006- 8- 7 4 1.02 13 15.3 1.852 1.854 73 18.1 3:38 (283, 40) 2006- 8-27 4 43.42 14 31.1 1.860 1.695 82 17.5 3:59 (293, 52) 2006- 9-16 5 20.11 15 2.8 1.885 1.542 93 16.9 4:17 (312, 63) 2006-10- 6 5 48.00 15 6.4 1.926 1.397 105 16.4 4:34 (349, 70) 2006-10-26 6 3.71 15 6.4 1.980 1.270 121 15.9 3:47 ( 0, 70) 2006-11-15 6 4.66 15 28.8 2.046 1.181 141 15.6 2:30 ( 0, 70) 52P/Harrington-Abell Epoch = 2006 Aug. 13.0 T = 2006 Aug. 14.7749 q = 1.757114 Peri.= 139.0847 e = 0.542855 Node.= 337.1778 (2000.0) i = 10.2205 m1 = 5 + 5 log d + 25 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 5- 6 3 47.30 27 0.9 1.991 2.941 16 14.8 20:24 (125, -2) 2006- 5-26 4 41.21 28 53.3 1.912 2.902 9 14.4 20:46 (134, -8) 2006- 6-15 5 39.25 29 36.5 1.847 2.853 6 13.9 21:02 (141,-12) 2006- 7- 5 6 39.56 28 53.5 1.798 2.801 7 13.6 3:05 (223,-11) 2006- 7-25 7 39.72 26 38.8 1.767 2.751 11 13.4 3:24 (230, -7) 2006- 8-14 8 37.52 23 0.1 1.757 2.705 16 13.3 3:45 (240, -2) 2006- 9- 3 9 31.57 18 16.0 1.767 2.662 21 13.3 4:06 (250, 3) 2006- 9-23 10 21.36 12 50.4 1.798 2.620 28 13.5 4:23 (261, 10) 2006-10-13 11 6.95 7 6.9 1.847 2.571 35 13.7 4:39 (272, 16) 2006-11- 2 11 48.57 1 25.2 1.912 2.509 43 14.0 4:56 (286, 24) 2006-11-22 12 26.22 -3 59.2 1.991 2.429 52 14.4 5:12 (301, 31) D/1977 C1 ( Skiff-Kosai ) Epoch = 2006 Aug. 13.000000 T = 2006 Aug. 31.367380 q = 2.7951451 Peri.= 26.56336 e = 0.2684986 Node.= 80.37021 (2000.0) i = 3.20335 m1 = 9.0 + 5 log d + 15 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 5-23 5 7.20 23 0.8 2.845 3.806 15 18.7 20:43 (123, -5) 2006- 6-12 5 43.57 23 42.1 2.827 3.837 5 18.7 21:00 (133,-14) 2006- 7- 2 6 20.64 23 51.5 2.813 3.824 5 18.7 3:04 (227,-14) 2006- 7-22 6 57.67 23 28.9 2.803 3.765 16 18.6 3:20 (237, -5) 2006- 8-11 7 33.91 22 36.3 2.797 3.663 26 18.5 3:42 (247, 6) 2006- 8-31 8 8.67 21 19.0 2.795 3.521 38 18.4 4:03 (256, 18) 2006- 9-20 8 41.24 19 44.2 2.797 3.340 49 18.3 4:21 (266, 30) 2006-10-10 9 10.85 18 1.8 2.803 3.128 62 18.2 4:37 (278, 43) 2006-10-30 9 36.59 16 23.8 2.813 2.890 75 18.0 4:53 (294, 55) 2006-11-19 9 57.28 15 4.5 2.827 2.639 90 17.9 5:10 (324, 66) 2006-12- 9 10 11.33 14 19.2 2.845 2.392 107 17.7 5:01 ( 0, 69) 114P/Wiseman-Skiff Epoch = 2006 Sept. 22.0 T = 2006 Sept. 13.2046 q = 1.577590 Peri.= 172.8998 e = 0.555098 Node.= 271.0433 (2000.0) i = 18.2655 m1 = 6.5 + 5 log d + 40 log r [ -inf , 0 ] m1 = 12.3 + 5 log d + 10 log r [ 0 , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 6- 5 2 38.38 27 13.1 1.864 2.664 30 19.4 3:01 (242, 7) 2006- 6-25 3 37.19 29 54.9 1.769 2.493 35 18.4 3:00 (242, 12) 2006- 7-15 4 40.91 31 7.7 1.690 2.331 40 17.5 3:14 (244, 18) 2006- 8- 4 5 47.02 30 24.4 1.629 2.183 44 16.7 3:34 (249, 24) 2006- 8-24 6 51.81 27 34.1 1.591 2.050 49 16.1 3:56 (255, 30) 2006- 9-13 7 51.85 22 48.1 1.578 1.931 54 15.8 4:15 (265, 35) 2006-10- 3 8 45.09 16 34.1 1.591 1.823 60 15.6 4:32 (278, 41) 2006-10-23 9 30.71 9 25.9 1.629 1.722 67 15.6 4:47 (296, 46) 2006-11-12 10 8.26 1 55.8 1.690 1.622 76 15.6 5:04 (319, 50) 2006-12- 2 10 36.96 -5 28.7 1.769 1.523 86 15.7 5:20 (347, 49) 2006-12-22 10 55.14 -12 21.2 1.863 1.427 99 15.8 4:54 ( 0, 43) 80P/Peters-Hartley Epoch = 2006 Sept. 22.0 T = 2006 Sept. 25.8202 q = 1.633650 Peri.= 338.6093 e = 0.596153 Node.= 259.8816 (2000.0) i = 29.8963 m1 = 12.0 + 5 log d + 20.0 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 6-17 9 42.68 -15 15.9 1.922 2.018 69 19.2 21:03 ( 69, 2) 2006- 7- 7 10 27.42 -15 55.5 1.827 2.062 62 18.8 21:02 ( 74, -4) 2006- 7-27 11 18.40 -17 15.9 1.746 2.107 55 18.5 20:46 ( 74, -8) 2006- 8-16 12 14.58 -18 56.2 1.685 2.160 49 18.2 20:19 ( 72, -8) 2006- 9- 5 13 14.71 -20 30.3 1.647 2.228 43 18.1 19:48 ( 69, -6) 2006- 9-25 14 17.19 -21 32.6 1.634 2.314 37 18.1 19:17 ( 66, -4) 2006-10-15 15 20.20 -21 43.3 1.647 2.416 31 18.2 18:49 ( 65, -2) 2006-11- 4 16 21.89 -20 51.9 1.685 2.531 25 18.5 18:29 ( 65, -1) 2006-11-24 17 20.70 -18 57.1 1.746 2.651 18 19.0 18:18 ( 68, -1) 2006-12-14 18 15.60 -16 4.4 1.827 2.770 13 19.4 18:19 ( 73, -5) 2007- 1- 3 19 6.08 -12 23.2 1.922 2.880 10 20.0 18:30 ( 82,-10) 112P/Urata-Niijima Epoch = 2006 Nov. 1.0 T = 2006 Oct. 29.5759 q = 1.464693 Peri.= 21.4481 e = 0.586488 Node.= 31.9281 (2000.0) i = 24.1675 m1 = 14.0 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 7-21 2 20.00 -4 46.6 1.803 1.532 87 18.8 3:19 (303, 31) 2006- 8-10 2 58.24 0 45.8 1.694 1.269 95 18.0 3:41 (313, 45) 2006- 8-30 3 35.96 7 37.1 1.600 1.033 103 17.1 4:02 (330, 59) 2006- 9-19 4 12.19 16 42.8 1.527 0.833 112 16.4 4:20 ( 0, 71) 2006-10- 9 4 44.91 29 3.6 1.481 0.683 122 15.7 3:35 ( 0, 84) 2006-10-29 5 9.46 44 21.7 1.465 0.602 131 15.4 2:41 (180, 81) 2006-11-18 5 16.18 58 58.8 1.481 0.600 136 15.4 1:30 (180, 67) 2006-12- 8 4 56.59 67 58.6 1.527 0.664 134 15.9 23:48 (180, 57) 2006-12-28 4 35.00 70 7.4 1.600 0.778 130 16.5 22:08 (180, 55) 2007- 1-17 4 46.44 68 0.1 1.694 0.930 124 17.3 21:00 (180, 57) 2007- 2- 6 5 23.95 63 57.2 1.803 1.122 117 18.1 20:19 (180, 61) P/2000 C1 ( Hergenrother ) Epoch = 2006 Nov. 1.0 T = 2006 Nov. 6.9189 q = 2.088289 Peri.= 51.2961 e = 0.407732 Node.= 127.0066 (2000.0) i = 6.1081 m1 = 13 + 5 log d + 10 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 7-29 9 17.10 16 52.2 2.219 3.212 9 19.0 20:43 (121,-12) 2006- 8-18 10 0.06 13 49.3 2.174 3.185 2 18.9 20:16 (120,-16) 2006- 9- 7 10 43.15 10 15.2 2.137 3.134 6 18.8 4:09 (248,-11) 2006- 9-27 11 26.18 6 19.7 2.110 3.062 15 18.7 4:27 (260, -3) 2006-10-17 12 9.08 2 14.6 2.094 2.972 23 18.6 4:43 (270, 5) 2006-11- 6 12 51.80 -1 47.0 2.088 2.864 31 18.5 4:59 (281, 13) 2006-11-26 13 34.14 -5 31.6 2.094 2.740 40 18.4 5:15 (293, 21) 2006-12-16 14 15.64 -8 46.6 2.110 2.599 50 18.3 5:30 (306, 28) 2007- 1- 5 14 55.48 -11 21.6 2.137 2.444 60 18.2 5:38 (318, 33) 2007- 1-25 15 32.38 -13 10.5 2.174 2.274 71 18.2 5:36 (329, 36) 2007- 2-14 16 4.54 -14 12.0 2.219 2.095 83 18.1 5:22 (339, 38) 4P/Faye Epoch = 2006 Nov. 1.0 T = 2006 Nov. 15.4542 q = 1.667350 Peri.= 205.0158 e = 0.566691 Node.= 199.3081 (2000.0) i = 9.0316 m1 = 3.8 + 5 log d + 25 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 8- 7 1 11.62 14 5.9 1.933 1.301 112 11.5 3:38 (339, 68) 2006- 8-27 1 37.57 15 15.9 1.845 1.063 125 10.6 3:17 ( 0, 70) 2006- 9-16 1 57.04 14 40.3 1.771 0.873 140 9.7 2:18 ( 0, 70) 2006-10- 6 2 7.22 11 54.1 1.715 0.743 159 9.0 1:10 ( 0, 67) 2006-10-26 2 9.13 7 32.2 1.679 0.687 174 8.6 23:50 ( 0, 63) 2006-11-15 2 10.23 3 37.7 1.667 0.711 157 8.6 22:32 ( 0, 59) 2006-12- 5 2 19.01 2 2.7 1.679 0.807 138 9.0 21:22 ( 0, 57) 2006-12-25 2 38.31 2 53.6 1.715 0.960 123 9.6 20:23 ( 0, 58) 2007- 1-14 3 6.42 5 15.1 1.771 1.157 111 10.3 19:32 ( 0, 60) 2007- 2- 3 3 40.58 8 10.0 1.845 1.391 100 11.2 18:56 ( 4, 63) 2007- 2-23 4 18.52 10 57.5 1.933 1.655 90 12.1 19:13 ( 36, 62) P/1991 V1 ( Shoemaker-Levy 6 ) Epoch = 2006 Nov. 1.000000 T = 2006 Nov. 17.017380 q = 1.1280837 Peri.= 333.54059 e = 0.7062575 Node.= 37.87628 (2000.0) i = 16.92237 m1 = 13.5 + 5 log d + 15 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 8- 9 17 5.36 -52 46.5 1.704 0.960 119 16.9 20:29 ( 5, 2) 2006- 8-29 17 7.40 -51 4.5 1.535 0.946 103 16.2 20:00 ( 13, 2) 2006- 9-18 17 39.38 -48 53.5 1.380 0.924 91 15.4 19:28 ( 16, 3) 2006-10- 8 18 36.65 -45 26.8 1.250 0.882 82 14.7 18:59 ( 15, 7) 2006-10-28 19 51.67 -38 52.3 1.160 0.825 78 14.1 18:35 ( 14, 15) 2006-11-17 21 13.60 -27 24.4 1.128 0.779 78 13.7 18:21 ( 13, 27) 2006-12- 7 22 33.41 -11 34.2 1.160 0.785 81 13.9 18:18 ( 16, 42) 2006-12-27 23 48.17 4 50.2 1.250 0.876 84 14.7 18:25 ( 28, 57) 2007- 1-16 0 58.60 18 0.5 1.380 1.054 85 15.7 18:40 ( 53, 65) 2007- 2- 5 2 5.59 26 59.5 1.535 1.302 83 16.9 18:57 ( 79, 65) 2007- 2-25 3 9.24 32 32.8 1.704 1.601 78 18.0 19:15 ( 96, 60) 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura Epoch = 2006 Nov. 1.0 T = 2006 Nov. 19.6367 q = 1.603429 Peri.= 0.1273 e = 0.538469 Node.= 84.1074 (2000.0) i = 30.4590 m1 = 5.0 + 5 log d + 45.0 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 8-11 4 40.69 -1 38.5 1.874 1.918 72 18.7 3:42 (293, 27) 2006- 8-31 5 23.02 0 52.3 1.785 1.679 78 17.4 4:03 (303, 39) 2006- 9-20 6 4.60 3 37.4 1.709 1.447 86 16.3 4:21 (316, 50) 2006-10-10 6 44.48 7 11.6 1.652 1.225 95 15.2 4:37 (334, 60) 2006-10-30 7 21.28 12 33.2 1.616 1.022 106 14.4 4:48 ( 0, 67) 2006-11-19 7 52.64 21 2.4 1.603 0.853 120 13.9 4:01 ( 0, 76) 2006-12- 9 8 14.26 33 29.4 1.616 0.747 137 13.7 3:04 ( 0, 88) 2006-12-29 8 19.76 47 39.6 1.652 0.735 147 14.1 1:52 (180, 78) 2007- 1-18 8 6.99 58 10.2 1.709 0.821 142 15.0 0:21 (180, 67) 2007- 2- 7 7 51.82 62 26.0 1.785 0.981 130 16.3 22:43 (180, 63) 2007- 2-27 7 55.46 62 7.8 1.874 1.188 118 17.6 21:28 (180, 63) P/1986 W1 ( Lovas 2 ) Epoch = 2006 Dec. 11.000000 T = 2006 Nov. 23.815160 q = 1.4007384 Peri.= 76.27073 e = 0.6025172 Node.= 279.28561 (2000.0) i = 1.54787 m1 = 11.0 + 5 log d + 15 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 8-15 17 24.76 -22 37.2 1.772 1.043 119 14.8 20:21 ( 9, 32) 2006- 9- 4 17 40.71 -22 28.0 1.654 1.097 103 14.5 19:50 ( 17, 31) 2006- 9-24 18 13.66 -22 14.1 1.551 1.155 91 14.2 19:19 ( 21, 30) 2006-10-14 19 0.66 -21 19.3 1.471 1.211 82 13.9 18:51 ( 22, 30) 2006-11- 3 19 58.07 -19 7.3 1.419 1.270 76 13.8 18:30 ( 23, 32) 2006-11-23 21 1.58 -15 17.7 1.401 1.342 72 13.8 18:19 ( 26, 36) 2006-12-13 22 6.94 -9 58.5 1.419 1.441 68 14.1 18:19 ( 33, 39) 2007- 1- 2 23 10.95 -3 45.1 1.471 1.578 65 14.5 18:29 ( 44, 41) 2007- 1-22 0 11.96 2 36.4 1.551 1.758 61 15.1 18:45 ( 58, 41) 2007- 2-11 1 9.66 8 28.1 1.654 1.976 56 15.8 19:03 ( 72, 37) 2007- 3- 3 2 4.29 13 27.4 1.772 2.223 50 16.5 19:20 ( 84, 32) P/2000 R2 ( LINEAR ) Epoch = 2006 Dec. 11.000000 T = 2006 Dec. 15.050060 q = 1.4562213 Peri.= 172.23392 e = 0.5650841 Node.= 163.09937 (2000.0) i = 10.99295 m1 = 17.5 + 5 log d + 15.0 log r [ -inf , inf ] Date R.A. Decl. r d Elong m1 Best Time(A, h) 2006- 9- 6 16 3.78 -9 48.9 1.786 1.702 77 22.4 19:47 ( 49, 31) 2006- 9-26 16 42.04 -13 14.9 1.680 1.768 68 22.1 19:16 ( 48, 27) 2006-10-16 17 30.06 -16 12.5 1.588 1.820 60 21.8 18:48 ( 47, 24) 2006-11- 5 18 26.80 -18 10.9 1.517 1.867 54 21.6 18:28 ( 46, 22) 2006-11-25 19 30.27 -18 40.9 1.472 1.919 48 21.4 18:18 ( 47, 21) 2006-12-15 20 37.36 -17 25.0 1.456 1.986 44 21.4 18:20 ( 50, 20) 2007- 1- 4 21 44.52 -14 27.8 1.472 2.077 40 21.6 18:31 ( 57, 18) 2007- 1-24 22 49.00 -10 15.5 1.517 2.195 36 21.9 18:47 ( 65, 16) 2007- 2-13 23 49.47 -5 25.0 1.588 2.340 31 22.4 19:04 ( 75, 12) 2007- 3- 5 0 45.82 -0 31.3 1.680 2.504 26 22.9 19:22 ( 85, 7) 2007- 3-25 1 38.47 3 59.1 1.786 2.680 21 23.4 19:39 ( 95, 0) |