C/2007 E2, New Comet in Indus

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Date: May 15 11:34 2007

RE: C/2007 E2, New Comet in Indus

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 05 10    17 02.92   +54 50.8    0.616    1.300   103.5    49.0   9.6
2007 05 15    16 16.90   +60 14.1    0.723    1.344   100.4    47.7  10.1
2007 05 20    15 33.32   +63 05.3    0.838    1.391    97.0    46.2  10.5
2007 05 25    14 55.84   +64 20.1    0.958    1.439    93.8    44.6  11.0
2007 05 30    14 25.85   +64 38.0    1.081    1.490    90.7    42.9  11.4

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Date: May 14 11:53 2007

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Date: Mar 27 16:50 2007

Comet 2007 E2 (Lovejoy)	Permalink

Congratulations to Terry Lovejoy from Brisbane, Australia on his photographic survey discovery of a magnitude 9.5 comet in the deep southern sky! IAU Circular No. 8819 states - COMET 2007 E2 Terry Lovejoy, Thornlands, Queensland, Australia, reports his discovery of a comet with a strong central condensation and a green extended 4' coma, with a slight extension to the southwest, on sixteen 90-s CCD images obtained on Mar. 15 with a Canon 350D camera (+ 200-mm f/2.8 lens); the coma diameter was given as 5' from his Mar. 16 frame (his positions below have estimated uncertainties of ± 15"). At Lovejoy's request, J. Drummond (Gisborne, New Zealand, 0.41-m reflector) confirmed the comet visually at mag 9.5 (moderately condensed, coma diameter 2'.6, no tail). Source __________________

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Date: Mar 23 20:20 2007

C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2007 03 21    20 37.33   -48 13.9    1.049    1.099    64.9    55.2  10.0
2007 03 26    20 29.81   -44 43.9    0.938    1.094    68.7    58.2   9.8
2007 03 31    20 20.93   -40 18.1    0.827    1.095    73.0    60.7   9.5
2007 04 05    20 10.31   -34 29.9    0.718    1.102    77.9    62.5   9.2
2007 04 10    19 57.42   -26 39.7    0.616    1.116    83.6    63.2   8.9
2007 04 15    19 41.52   -15 55.4    0.529    1.135    90.1    62.1   8.7
2007 04 20    19 21.61   -01 36.7    0.466    1.159    97.2    59.3   8.5
2007 04 25    18 56.52   +15 29.8    0.443    1.188   103.3    55.5   8.5
2007 04 30    18 25.15   +32 19.8    0.465    1.222   106.3    52.3   8.7
2007 05 05    17 47.04   +45 42.6    0.527    1.260   106.0    50.3   9.1

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Date: Mar 18 00:30 2007

C/2007 E2, New Comet in Indus	Permalink

Terry Lovejoy of Thornlands, Queensland, Australia, has discovered a 9th-magnitude comet in the southern constellation Indus. In reporting the find to the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT), Lovejoy described the comet as having a green, 4' coma with a slight extension to the southwest. Its position on March 15.73 Universal Time was right ascension 20h 44.1m, declination -51° 14' (equinox 2000.0), and it appears to be moving 0.55° per day north-northwestward, toward Alpha Indi. Read more __________________

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