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To: dr_lew; Lx

Oops. Originally I had the horizon showing, but I zoomed in because the software didn’t show the comet with the wide view. The info for this hour puts it at 21 deg. above the horizon in the ENE ( rises around 2:40 AM . ) It gives it a magnitude of 8.4, significantly dimmer than M13 at 7.0 , so could be tough to spot, but with a dark sky is should be doable with good binoculars.


16 posted on 12/09/2013 7:40:23 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew

Thank you but what does ENE stand for?


17 posted on 12/09/2013 8:47:45 PM PST by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: dr_lew

That 8.4 is the predicted magnitude. Astronomy software always runs with the predicted instead of updating with observations.

I would love to know why.

What is the software you are using there?


19 posted on 12/10/2013 7:59:50 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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