* Astronomy

Comet 141P/Machholz 2, at magnitude 13.4, will pass 0.43° from the magnitude 9.2 galaxy M74 at 19:00 UT, 10th May, 2010.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2010 05 04    00 59.64   +13 22.2    1.672    0.873    25.2    29.5  11.3
2010 05 09    01 26.33   +15 28.9    1.662    0.835    23.2    28.4  10.8
2010 05 14    01 54.04   +17 24.5    1.661    0.804    21.0    26.8  10.3
2010 05 19    02 22.60   +19 05.7    1.667    0.780    18.7    24.6   9.9
2010 05 24    02 51.77   +20 29.5    1.679    0.764    16.5    22.1   9.6
2010 05 29    03 21.23   +21 33.8    1.698    0.758    14.2    19.2   9.5