Comet C/2015 G2 (MASTER) is at Perihelion (0.780 AU) in the constellation Canis Major on the 23rd May 2015
Comet C/2015 G2 (MASTER) is at magnitude +6.5 in the constellation Fornax on the 14th May 2015
Comet C/2015 G2 MASTER makes its closest to the Earth (0.472 AU) in the constellation Fornax on the 12th May 2015
Ephemeris
Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl. Delta r El. Ph. Mag 2015 04 30 000000 23 28 04.0 -27 24 10 0.726 0.904 60.3 75.4 2015 05 01 000000 23 37 36.3 -28 18 33 0.695 0.895 60.1 77.5 2015 05 02 000000 23 48 14.0 -29 14 40 0.665 0.886 59.9 79.7 2015 05 03 000000 00 00 05.9 -30 11 51 0.636 0.877 59.5 81.9 2015 05 04 000000 00 13 21.5 -31 09 08 0.609 0.868 59.0 84.1 2015 05 05 000000 00 28 10.0 -32 05 04 0.583 0.860 58.4 86.4 2015 05 06 000000 00 44 39.8 -32 57 44 0.559 0.852 57.7 88.7 2015 05 07 000000 01 02 56.9 -33 44 38 0.537 0.845 56.9 90.9 2015 05 08 000000 01 23 03.3 -34 22 41 0.518 0.838 56.0 93.2 2015 05 09 000000 01 44 54.1 -34 48 26 0.502 0.831 55.1 95.2 2015 05 10 000000 02 08 16.3 -34 58 21 0.489 0.824 54.1 97.1 2015 05 11 000000 02 32 47.2 -34 49 20 0.480 0.818 53.2 98.8 2015 05 12 000000 02 57 55.7 -34 19 20 0.474 0.813 52.4 100.1 2015 05 13 000000 03 23 05.3 -33 27 51 0.472 0.808 51.7 101.0 2015 05 14 000000 03 47 39.4 -32 16 10 0.474 0.803 51.1 101.6 2015 05 15 000000 04 11 06.0 -30 47 10 0.480 0.798 50.7 101.6 2015 05 16 000000 04 33 01.7 -29 04 52 0.489 0.794 50.4 101.2 2015 05 17 000000 04 53 12.3 -27 13 41 0.502 0.791 50.3 100.5 2015 05 18 000000 05 11 32.4 -25 17 49 0.519 0.788 50.2 99.3 2015 05 19 000000 05 28 03.4 -23 20 54 0.538 0.785 50.3 97.9 2015 05 20 000000 05 42 50.9 -21 25 44 0.560 0.783 50.3 96.3 2015 05 21 000000 05 56 03.4 -19 34 19 0.585 0.782 50.4 94.5 2015 05 22 000000 06 07 49.9 -17 47 55 0.611 0.781 50.4 92.5 2015 05 23 000000 06 18 20.1 -16 07 16 0.639 0.780 50.4 90.5 2015 05 24 000000 06 27 42.7 -14 32 39 0.668 0.780 50.4 88.4 2015 05 25 000000 06 36 06.0 -13 04 04 0.699 0.780 50.2 86.2 2015 05 26 000000 06 43 37.3 -11 41 20 0.730 0.781 50.1 84.1 2015 05 27 000000 06 50 23.1 -10 24 10 0.763 0.782 49.9 81.9 2015 05 28 000000 06 56 28.9 -09 12 11 0.796 0.784 49.6 79.8 2015 05 29 000000 07 01 59.7 -08 05 01 0.830 0.787 49.3 77.6 2015 05 30 000000 07 06 59.7 -07 02 17 0.864 0.789 48.9 75.5 2015 05 31 000000 07 11 32.6 -06 03 36 0.898 0.793 48.5 73.4
ATel 7374: MASTER: 2 dwarf novae and bright comet discovery in Gagarin's day
Orbital elements: C/2015 G2 (MASTER) T 2015 May 23.80224 TT MPCW q 0.7797702 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 257.47788 -0.69948087 -0.50665954 Node 110.05661 -0.23771951 +0.83004395 e 1.0 Incl. 147.55120 -0.67395545 +0.23307328 From 61 observations 2015 Mar. 30-Apr. 10.
MPEC 2015 - G28