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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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