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(meteorobs) Comet Tempel-Tuttle update



The following is from Sky & Telescope.....

-Mark Davis

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COMET TEMPEL-TUTTLE

Reports over the past week have Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, the parent of the 
Leonid meteor stream, at a respectable magnitude 7.5, appearing as a fuzzy 
spot 10 to 15 arcminutes in diameter. During the upcoming week, Tempel-
Tuttle moves from Andromeda into Pisces. The earlier observers in mid-
northern latitudes look after sunset, the higher up in the sky the comet 
will be. More information about the comet can be found in the February 
issue of SKY & TELESCOPE, page 91, and on SKY Online at 
http://www.skypub.com/comets/tempel98.html. Here are positions for Tempel-
Tuttle at 0 hours Universal Time in 2000.0 coordinates:

                R.A.       Dec.

January  30    01h 24m  +34.1 deg.
February  1    01  21   +30.2
          3    01  20   +26.9
          5    01  19   +24.2

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