Comet Jacques

[mwayne]

Observed this comet last night, it is at the limit of what a 200mm Newtonian can see. Used 83X and watched it for about 3 hours in between drinking a couple of dunkels and watching for early Persieds

[Dave In Vermont]

Nice catch for what seems to be at magnitude 18+.

This is according to The SkyX:

Object Name: C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
Object Type: Comet
RA (Topocentric): 18h 56m 26s
Dec (Topocentric): +00° 42' 26"
RA (2000.0): 18h 55m 37s
Dec (2000.0): +00° 40' 55"
Azimuth:  83° 21' 27"
Altitude: -05° 42' 53"
Magnitude: 18.46
Rise Time: 16:35
Transit Time: 22:40
Set Time: 04:49
Hour Angle: -06h 34m 54s
Air Mass: (below horizon)
Earth Distance (au): 4.57
Sun Distance (au): 5.41
RA Rate (arcsecs/sec): -0.008603
Dec Rate (arcsecs/sec): -0.003579
Date: 8/8/2015
Time: 4:06:20 PM DST
Constellation: Aquila
Constellation (Abbrev.): Aql
Screen X: 623.34
Screen Y: 295.85
Comet Perihelion Month: 7
Comet Perihelion Day: 2.5382
Comet Perihelion Year: 2014
Comet Eccentricity: 0.9991
Comet Perihelion Distance: 0.6638
Comet Inclination: 156.3893
Comet Long. of the Asc. Node: 56.4133
Comet Longitude of Perihelion: 344.0553
Comet Ecliptic: 1.0000
Comet Magnitude 1: 7.1000
Comet Magnitude 2: 11.0000
Heliocentric Longitude: 1.3°
Heliocentric Latitude: +0.4°
Heliocentric Radius: 5.4055
Sidereal Time: 12:22
Julian Date: 2457243.33773940
Click Distance: 0.0000
Celestial Type: 36
Index: 0
Text Record Start: 0
Constellation Number: 4
 

Very cool!

Dave

[mdstuart]

It's actually about mag 13...not sure why some of the software is quoting high mag figures...

[damnut]

Wow its worth a look for at Mag13

[Dave In Vermont]

It's actually about mag 13...not sure why some of the software is quoting high mag figures...

Off to see what's up with the high quotes. Thanks for the head's up!

Dave

[mdstuart]

Saw Jacques last night..It's faint but relatively easy in my 16 inch dob.

Mark