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RE: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

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Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) lies 0.7° from the star Spica on the 18th November 2013.

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Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) will pass ~3° from M95, M96 and M105 in the constellation Leo on the 26th October, 2013.

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Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) will pass above Regulus in the constellation Leo on the 16th October, 2013.

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Google earth file: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON).kmz (Version 4, 18kb, kmz)

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 10 15    10 08 44.7 +14 04 47   1.7322  1.3751    52.5    35.1   9.8
2013 10 16    10 11 37.4 +13 45 34   1.7020  1.3544    52.7    35.8   9.7
2013 10 17    10 14 34.8 +13 25 38   1.6718  1.3335    52.9    36.6   9.6
2013 10 18    10 17 37.1 +13 04 56   1.6416  1.3124    53.1    37.4   9.5
2013 10 19    10 20 44.6 +12 43 26   1.6115  1.2912    53.2    38.2   9.4
2013 10 20    10 23 57.6 +12 21 05   1.5814  1.2698    53.4    39.0   9.3
2013 10 21    10 27 16.6 +11 57 49   1.5513  1.2482    53.4    39.8   9.2
2013 10 22    10 30 41.8 +11 33 35   1.5213  1.2265    53.5    40.7   9.1
2013 10 23    10 34 13.6 +11 08 20   1.4915  1.2045    53.5    41.6   9.0
2013 10 24    10 37 52.6 +10 41 58   1.4617  1.1824    53.5    42.6   8.9
2013 10 25    10 41 39.1 +10 14 26   1.4320  1.1600    53.5    43.6   8.8
2013 10 26    10 45 33.6 +09 45 39   1.4025  1.1374    53.4    44.6   8.7
2013 10 27    10 49 36.8 +09 15 33   1.3731  1.1146    53.3    45.6   8.6
2013 10 28    10 53 49.1 +08 44 01   1.3440  1.0916    53.1    46.7   8.4
2013 10 29    10 58 11.3 +08 10 58   1.3151  1.0683    52.9    47.9   8.3
2013 10 30    11 02 44.0 +07 36 18   1.2864  1.0448    52.7    49.1   8.2
2013 10 31    11 07 27.9 +06 59 55   1.2581  1.0210    52.3    50.3   8.1
2013 11 01    11 12 23.8 +06 21 41   1.2300  0.9969    52.0    51.7   7.9
2013 11 02    11 17 32.7 +05 41 31   1.2024  0.9725    51.5    53.0   7.8
2013 11 03    11 22 55.3 +04 59 16   1.1751  0.9479    51.0    54.5   7.7
2013 11 04    11 28 32.8 +04 14 48   1.1484  0.9229    50.4    56.0   7.5
2013 11 05    11 34 26.1 +03 28 01   1.1221  0.8975    49.8    57.5   7.4
2013 11 06    11 40 36.4 +02 38 47   1.0965  0.8718    49.0    59.2   7.2
2013 11 07    11 47 04.9 +01 46 57   1.0716  0.8458    48.2    60.9   7.1
2013 11 08    11 53 52.9 +00 52 25   1.0474  0.8193    47.3    62.7   6.9
2013 11 09    12 01 01.6 -00 04 55   1.0240  0.7924    46.3    64.6   6.7
2013 11 10    12 08 32.7 -01 05 10   1.0016  0.7651    45.2    66.6   6.6
2013 11 11    12 16 27.4 -02 08 22   0.9802  0.7372    43.9    68.7   6.4
2013 11 12    12 24 47.3 -03 14 33   0.9600  0.7089    42.6    70.9   6.2
2013 11 13    12 33 34.0 -04 23 43   0.9411  0.6799    41.1    73.3   6.0
2013 11 14    12 42 48.9 -05 35 47   0.9236  0.6504    39.6    75.7   5.8
2013 11 15    12 52 33.6 -06 50 36   0.9077  0.6201    37.9    78.2   5.6
2013 11 16    13 02 49.4 -08 07 57   0.8936  0.5892    36.0    80.8   5.4
2013 11 17    13 13 37.6 -09 27 30   0.8813  0.5574    34.1    83.6   5.2
2013 11 18    13 24 59.5 -10 48 48   0.8713  0.5247    32.0    86.4   5.0
2013 11 19    13 36 55.9 -12 11 18   0.8635  0.4910    29.8    89.3   4.7
2013 11 20    13 49 27.6 -13 34 20   0.8584  0.4561    27.5    92.3   4.4
2013 11 21    14 02 35.4 -14 57 06   0.8561  0.4199    25.0    95.3   4.1
2013 11 22    14 16 19.8 -16 18 40   0.8569  0.3820    22.5    98.4   3.8
2013 11 23    14 30 41.7 -17 38 00   0.8612  0.3423    19.9   101.4   3.5
2013 11 24    14 45 43.0 -18 53 57   0.8693  0.3002    17.1   104.3   3.0
2013 11 25    15 01 27.6 -20 05 11   0.8819  0.2551    14.3   107.0   2.5
2013 11 26    15 18 04.9 -21 09 59   0.8998  0.2058    11.4   109.3   1.8
2013 11 27    15 35 58.7 -22 05 31   0.9244  0.1501     8.2   110.4   0.7
2013 11 28    15 56 28.7 -22 43 29   0.9595  0.0826     4.6   106.9  -1.3
2013 11 29    16 23 17.4 -19 52 48   0.9762  0.0322     1.8   107.8  -4.5
2013 11 30    16 21 22.2 -16 20 28   0.9125  0.1145     5.3   127.4  -0.2

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On September 27 Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) will be very close to Mars

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Comet ISON to Fly By Mars

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NASA's Spitzer Observes Gas Emission from Comet ISON

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later this year.
Images captured June 13 with Spitzer's Infrared Array Camera indicate carbon dioxide is slowly and steadily "fizzing" away from the so-called "soda-pop comet," along with dust, in a tail about 300,000 kilometres long.
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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2013 07 05    07 29 37.4 +26 37 56   4.0513  3.0493     8.5     2.8  13.9
2013 07 06    07 30 39.3 +26 34 38   4.0393  3.0354     7.9     2.6  13.9
2013 07 07    07 31 41.7 +26 31 19   4.0271  3.0214     7.3     2.5  13.9
2013 07 08    07 32 44.5 +26 27 58   4.0147  3.0075     6.8     2.3  13.8
2013 07 09    07 33 47.7 +26 24 35   4.0020  2.9934     6.3     2.1  13.8
2013 07 10    07 34 51.4 +26 21 10   3.9891  2.9794     5.8     2.0  13.8
2013 07 11    07 35 55.5 +26 17 42   3.9759  2.9653     5.4     1.8  13.8
2013 07 12    07 37 00.1 +26 14 13   3.9625  2.9512     5.0     1.7  13.7
2013 07 13    07 38 05.0 +26 10 41   3.9488  2.9370     4.8     1.7  13.7
2013 07 14    07 39 10.4 +26 07 07   3.9349  2.9228     4.6     1.6  13.7
2013 07 15    07 40 16.2 +26 03 31   3.9207  2.9086     4.6     1.6  13.7
2013 07 16    07 41 22.4 +25 59 52   3.9063  2.8944     4.6     1.6  13.7
2013 07 17    07 42 29.1 +25 56 11   3.8917  2.8801     4.7     1.7  13.6
2013 07 18    07 43 36.1 +25 52 28   3.8768  2.8657     5.0     1.8  13.6
2013 07 19    07 44 43.6 +25 48 42   3.8617  2.8514     5.3     1.9  13.6
2013 07 20    07 45 51.5 +25 44 54   3.8463  2.8370     5.7     2.0  13.5
2013 07 21    07 46 59.8 +25 41 03   3.8307  2.8226     6.1     2.2  13.5
2013 07 22    07 48 08.5 +25 37 10   3.8149  2.8081     6.6     2.4  13.5
2013 07 23    07 49 17.7 +25 33 14   3.7988  2.7936     7.1     2.6  13.5
2013 07 24    07 50 27.3 +25 29 15   3.7825  2.7790     7.7     2.8  13.4
2013 07 25    07 51 37.3 +25 25 14   3.7659  2.7644     8.2     3.0  13.4
2013 07 26    07 52 47.8 +25 21 09   3.7491  2.7498     8.8     3.2  13.4
2013 07 27    07 53 58.7 +25 17 02   3.7321  2.7352     9.4     3.5  13.4
2013 07 28    07 55 10.0 +25 12 52   3.7148  2.7205    10.0     3.7  13.3
2013 07 29    07 56 21.7 +25 08 39   3.6973  2.7057    10.6     4.0  13.3
2013 07 30    07 57 33.9 +25 04 23   3.6796  2.6909    11.2     4.2  13.3
2013 07 31    07 58 46.6 +25 00 04   3.6616  2.6761    11.8     4.5  13.2