* Astronomy

Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) at magnitude 11 will pass 1.73° from the magnitude 6.4 open cluster NGC 1647 in the constellation Taurus, at 04:30 UT, 8th January, 2013.

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 01 07    05 04 58.8 +21 36 25   0.3523  1.3016   150.5    21.8  10.9
2013 01 08    04 57 28.4 +18 21 53   0.3693  1.3092   147.2    24.0  11.0
2013 01 09    04 50 57.1 +15 24 27   0.3878  1.3168   143.9    26.1  11.1
2013 01 10    04 45 15.7 +12 43 23   0.4076  1.3246   140.8    28.0  11.3
2013 01 11    04 40 16.5 +10 17 32   0.4285  1.3325   137.8    29.7  11.4
2013 01 12    04 35 53.2 +08 05 39   0.4503  1.3405   135.1    31.2  11.5
2013 01 13    04 32 00.8 +06 06 25   0.4730  1.3487   132.4    32.6  11.7
2013 01 14    04 28 35.1 +04 18 32   0.4964  1.3569   130.0    33.7  11.8
2013 01 15    04 25 32.4 +02 40 50   0.5204  1.3653   127.7    34.8  11.9
2013 01 16    04 22 50.0 +01 12 13   0.5449  1.3738   125.5    35.7  12.1
2013 01 17    04 20 25.3 -00 08 19   0.5698  1.3823   123.5    36.4  12.2
2013 01 18    04 18 16.3 -01 21 39   0.5952  1.3910   121.5    37.1  12.3
2013 01 19    04 16 21.1 -02 28 33   0.6208  1.3998   119.7    37.6  12.4
2013 01 20    04 14 38.4 -03 29 42   0.6468  1.4086   118.0    38.1  12.5
2013 01 21    04 13 06.7 -04 25 44   0.6730  1.4176   116.4    38.5  12.7
2013 01 22    04 11 45.0 -05 17 10   0.6994  1.4267   114.8    38.8  12.8
2013 01 23    04 10 32.3 -06 04 28   0.7260  1.4358   113.3    39.0  12.9
2013 01 24    04 09 27.7 -06 48 03   0.7527  1.4450   111.9    39.2  13.0
2013 01 25    04 08 30.5 -07 28 17   0.7796  1.4543   110.5    39.3  13.1
2013 01 26    04 07 40.1 -08 05 30   0.8066  1.4637   109.2    39.4  13.2
2013 01 27    04 06 55.9 -08 39 58   0.8336  1.4732   107.9    39.5  13.3
2013 01 28    04 06 17.3 -09 11 57   0.8608  1.4827   106.7    39.5  13.4
2013 01 29    04 05 44.0 -09 41 40   0.8880  1.4923   105.5    39.5  13.5
2013 01 30    04 05 15.5 -10 09 20   0.9152  1.5020   104.4    39.4  13.6
2013 01 31    04 04 51.5 -10 35 06   0.9425  1.5117   103.3    39.4  13.7

Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) is at its closest to the Earth on the 31st December, 2012. 

Distance to Earth: 0.294 au
Distance to Sun: 1.255 au

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 12 28    08 18 30.3 +59 10 40   0.3093  1.2341   139.2    31.4  10.4
2012 12 29    07 44 48.2 +56 39 48   0.3015  1.2402   144.1    27.7  10.3
2012 12 30    07 14 27.9 +53 29 51   0.2963  1.2464   148.9    24.1  10.3
2012 12 31    06 47 57.1 +49 48 29   0.2939  1.2528   153.3    20.7  10.3
2013 01 01    06 25 12.3 +45 45 15   0.2944  1.2593   156.9    17.9  10.3
2013 01 02    06 05 52.3 +41 30 03   0.2977  1.2660   159.2    16.0  10.4
2013 01 03    05 49 29.4 +37 12 03   0.3037  1.2729   159.9    15.4  10.5
2013 01 04    05 35 35.8 +32 58 53   0.3125  1.2798   159.0    16.0  10.5
2013 01 05    05 23 46.4 +28 56 16   0.3236  1.2870   156.7    17.6  10.6
2013 01 06    05 13 39.9 +25 08 01   0.3369  1.2942   153.8    19.6  10.8
2013 01 07    05 04 58.5 +21 36 13   0.3522  1.3016   150.5    21.8  10.9
2013 01 08    04 57 28.0 +18 21 41   0.3693  1.3092   147.2    24.0  11.0
2013 01 09    04 50 56.8 +15 24 16   0.3878  1.3168   143.9    26.1  11.1
2013 01 10    04 45 15.4 +12 43 12   0.4076  1.3246   140.8    28.0  11.3
2013 01 11    04 40 16.2 +10 17 21   0.4285  1.3325   137.8    29.7  11.4
2013 01 12    04 35 53.0 +08 05 29   0.4503  1.3405   135.1    31.2  11.5