* Astronomy

Catch the last of comet C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) (at least for lower powered telescopes in the southern hemisphere).

The brightness evolution had been slower than a typical comet since its discovery until the perihelion passage in early April.
Although it kept bright as 8 magnitude from mid March to early May, it seems to start fading in mid May as expected, 8.4 magnitude on May 12.
After which it was not observable from the Northern Hemisphere. That is, until late September when it appears very low sky at dawn as 14 magnitude.
It keeps lower than 20 deg high until early July even in the Southern Hemisphere.
The comet will fade out rapidly after this, down to 12 magnitude until early July. Unusually strong non-gravitational parameters are revealed by the orbital calculation, but the reason has not been revealed yet.

Position(2000): May 28th R.A. 4 15.00 Dec -38 58.5 9.6 magnitude



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