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Ephemeris
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1   
2008 09 06    13 03.38   -42 33.7    1.326    1.139    56.5    47.5   7.7
2008 09 11    13 37.41   -39 35.4    1.337    1.114    54.6    47.4   7.6
2008 09 16    14 07.88   -36 11.6    1.360    1.095    52.6    46.8   7.6
2008 09 21    14 34.78   -32 33.0    1.394    1.081    50.5    45.7   7.6
2008 09 26    14 58.42   -28 49.0    1.436    1.074    48.4    44.2   7.6
2008 10 01    15 19.22   -25 06.8    1.485    1.073    46.3    42.4   7.7
2008 10 06    15 37.64   -21 31.1    1.539    1.079    44.2    40.3   7.8
2008 10 11    15 54.11   -18 04.6    1.597    1.091    42.3    38.0   7.9
2008 10 16    16 09.00   -14 48.4    1.656    1.109    40.6    35.8   8.0
2008 10 21    16 22.63   -11 43.0    1.716    1.132    39.0    33.6   8.2
2008 10 26    16 35.26   -08 47.7    1.776    1.161    37.7    31.6   8.4
2008 10 31    16 47.12   -06 01.7    1.834    1.194    36.6    29.7   8.6


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Ephemeris
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   mag    
2008 08 02    08 53.60   -45 00.0    1.569    1.426    62.8    39.3   9.0
2008 08 07    09 22.14   -46 10.7    1.506    1.376    62.7    40.9   8.8
2008 08 12    09 54.26   -47 05.0    1.450    1.329    62.3    42.5   8.5
2008 08 17    10 29.75   -47 33.2    1.403    1.284    61.7    44.0   8.3
2008 08 22    11 07.86   -47 25.4    1.366    1.242    60.8    45.3   8.1
2008 08 27    11 47.26   -46 33.9    1.340    1.203    59.6    46.4   7.9
2008 09 01    12 26.30   -44 55.7    1.327    1.169    58.2    47.2   7.8


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 A new magnitude 15.2  comet was discovered by Rob H. McNaught (Siding Spring) on  images taken with the 0.5 meter Uppsala Schmidt  telescope on January 10, 2008.
The comet was confirmed on  the following day by J Young (Table Mountain Observatory, Wrightwood), E Guido and G Sostero (Mayhill), S. G McAndrew (North Ryde), and Q-Z Ye (Lulin Observatory).
The preliminary orbital elements of comet C/2008 A1 (McNaught) indicate a perihelion passage  on November 03, 2008 at a distance of 1.5 AU from the Sun.
The comet is only visible  in the southern hemisphere, and should reach a magnitude 10 at the end of October 2008.
With is this discovery, Rob McNaught now has  40 comets to his credit.

MPEC 2008-A48


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