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RE: Comet C/2009 K5 (McNAUGHT)

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Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) in the constellation Lynx, 23.36 UT, 1st August, 2010.

Magnitude=10.3mag
Best seen from 23.6h - 2.9h
RA= 8h01m44 Dec=+55°37.9' (J2000)
Distance to Sun= 1.94AU
Distance to Earth= 2.62AU
Elongation= 39°
hourly motion: dRA= 14.5"/h dDec=-26.1"/h

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta     r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2010 06 28    07 25.39   +64 29.9    2.255    1.652    42.3    24.5  11.4
2010 07 03    07 32.63   +62 49.2    2.325    1.688    40.6    23.1  11.6
2010 07 08    07 38.95   +61 18.1    2.390    1.726    39.2    21.8  11.8
2010 07 13    07 44.56   +59 55.6    2.449    1.765    38.1    20.8  11.9
2010 07 18    07 49.58   +58 40.9    2.502    1.806    37.6    20.1  12.1
2010 07 23    07 54.08   +57 33.3    2.549    1.849    37.5    19.5  12.2
2010 07 28    07 58.13   +56 32.2    2.588    1.892    37.9    19.2  12.3

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Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught), at magnitude 8.7, will pass 2.56° from the magnitude 8.1 open cluster NGC 188 at 22:00 UT, 16th May, 2010.

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Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.264 AU) on the 18th April, 2010.

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The magnitude 8.3 comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) will pass 2.86° from the magnitude 7.3 open cluster NGC 6819 at 9:00 UT, 11th April, 2010.

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The magnitude 8.3 comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) will pass 2.93° from the magnitude 5.2 open cluster NGC 6871 at 11:00 UT, 9th April, 2010.

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Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) at magnitude 8.6 will pass 1.65° from the magnitude 7.1 open cluster NGC 6823 in the constellation Vulpecula, at 08:00 UT, 31st March, 2010.

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Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) at magnitude 9.7 will pass 0.12° from the magnitude 11 planetary nebula NGC 6741 in the constellation Aquila at 12:00 UT, 7th March, 2010.

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Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) at magnitude 10.1 will pass only 0.8 degrees from the open cluster NGC 6704 in the constellation Scutum at 05:00 UT 28th February, 2010.