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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1 
2007 11 01    15 53.05   -15 42.3    0.739    0.412    21.8   116.3   5.5
2007 11 06    16 27.14   -29 00.4    0.842    0.459    27.5    94.7   6.2
2007 11 11    16 49.82   -37 56.7    0.983    0.533    31.3    75.0   7.2
2007 11 16    17 05.21   -43 49.1    1.133    0.620    33.1    60.6   8.2
2007 11 21    17 16.54   -47 52.8    1.276    0.714    33.8    50.4   9.1
2007 11 26    17 25.69   -50 52.6    1.410    0.810    34.0    43.0   9.8


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Comet 2007 F1 (LONEOS) has brightened to magnitude 4.3; but  is low down  in the evening  skies.
The comet, currently located  near the  Coma Bootis boarder, will be 9 degrees  west of  Arcturus  on the 17th October.
Comet C/2007 F1 ( LONEOS ) is expected to reach perihelion on October 28th, 2007, at a distance of 0.4 A.U. from the sun.
In early November it will appear as a magnitude 7 object in the evening sky for Southern Hemisphere observers.

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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454213.5 (2007-Apr-23.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 14 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e 1.00007010969863 9.2139e-06  
a -5738.87563114344 754.26 AU
q 0.402350840957792 6.1821e-06 AU
i 116.07979178064 0.00023959 deg
node 172.8859813634567 6.8832e-05 deg
peri 153.7129721998903 0.0004747 deg
M 359.9995720656401 8.4361e-05 deg
tp 2454402.261449758058
(2007-Oct-28.76144976)		 0.0022466 JED
period n/a
n/a		 n/a
n/a		 d
yr
n 2.267064384334217E-6 4.4694e-07 deg/d
Q n/a n/a AU
    

Orbit Diagram


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Comet C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) may brighten to  become a visual  morning object in October (However it will be close to the Sun).
The comet will pass close to the NGC 4278 elliptical galaxy on October 8.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 09 27    11 55.28   +27 58.8    1.595    0.877    29.6    34.4  10.4
2007 10 02    12 11.74   +27 36.5    1.440    0.782    31.2    41.6   9.7
2007 10 07    12 32.23   +26 46.7    1.277    0.686    32.3    51.0   8.9
2007 10 12    12 58.53   +24 59.7    1.109    0.594    32.2    63.6   8.0
2007 10 17    13 32.90   +21 13.2    0.944    0.509    30.3    80.6   6.9
2007 10 22    14 16.80   +13 34.6    0.801    0.442    25.7   102.5   6.0
2007 10 27    15 06.90   +00 23.5    0.721    0.405    20.4   121.4   5.4
2007 11 01    15 53.05   -15 42.3    0.739    0.412    21.8   116.3   5.5

Note: This comet gets close to the sun during this period, and observers are warned to be wary of observing comets close to the sun.


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C/2007 F1 (LONEOS)

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 03 21    11 20.41   +20 35.9    2.798    3.737   157.3     5.9  18.0
2007 03 26    11 12.95   +21 42.8    2.770    3.678   151.5     7.4  17.9
2007 03 31    11 05.45   +22 46.0    2.752    3.618   145.4     9.0  17.8
2007 04 05    10 58.01   +23 44.8    2.742    3.559   139.0    10.6  17.7
2007 04 10    10 50.75   +24 38.5    2.741    3.499   132.7    12.1  17.6
2007 04 15    10 43.78   +25 26.7    2.747    3.438   126.4    13.6  17.6
2007 04 20    10 37.21   +26 09.3    2.759    3.377   120.1    14.9  17.5
2007 04 25    10 31.12   +26 46.3    2.777    3.316   114.0    16.1  17.4
2007 04 30    10 25.57   +27 17.9    2.798    3.254   108.0    17.1  17.4



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