* Astronomy

Comet C/2015 F5 (SWAN-Xingming) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.598 AU) in the constellation Andromeda on the 14th April 2015 

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   Mag
2015 04 13 000000 00 49 57.8 +36 22 20   0.603   0.554   28.6 119.9  11.8
2015 04 14 000000 01 06 59.3 +39 24 41   0.600   0.574   30.6 117.3  12.0
2015 04 15 000000 01 25 38.8 +42 13 58   0.601   0.595   32.8 114.1  12.1
2015 04 16 000000 01 45 47.8 +44 46 10   0.605   0.615   35.0 110.6  12.3
2015 04 17 000000 02 07 11.8 +46 58 08   0.613   0.636   37.3 107.0  12.5
2015 04 18 000000 02 29 29.3 +48 47 50   0.624   0.656   39.5 103.2  12.6
2015 04 19 000000 02 52 13.7 +50 14 30   0.639   0.677   41.7  99.5  12.8
2015 04 20 000000 03 14 55.9 +51 18 38   0.656   0.697   43.7  95.8  13.0
2015 04 21 000000 03 37 07.6 +52 01 50   0.676   0.718   45.6  92.2  13.2
2015 04 22 000000 03 58 24.5 +52 26 26   0.698   0.739   47.3  88.8  13.4
2015 04 23 000000 04 18 28.6 +52 35 13   0.721   0.759   48.8  85.5  13.6
2015 04 24 000000 04 37 08.5 +52 31 03   0.747   0.780   50.2  82.4  13.8
2015 04 25 000000 04 54 19.1 +52 16 40   0.774   0.800   51.4  79.4  14.0
2015 04 26 000000 05 10 00.5 +51 54 28   0.802   0.821   52.5  76.6  14.2
2015 04 27 000000 05 24 16.1 +51 26 31   0.831   0.841   53.4  74.0  14.3
2015 04 28 000000 05 37 11.7 +50 54 30   0.861   0.861   54.2  71.5  14.5
2015 04 29 000000 05 48 53.9 +50 19 46   0.892   0.881   54.9  69.2  14.7
2015 04 30 000000 05 59 29.8 +49 43 21   0.924   0.901   55.5  67.0  14.9