* Astronomy

Comet 116P/Wild 4 (magnitude 14.8) will pass close to the Globular Cluster NGC 6553 in the constellation Sagittarius, at 21:00 UT, 31st January, 2010.
The comet will only be 0.09° deg from the center of NGC 6553 (magnitude 8.3).

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   mag    

2010 01 09    17 24.31   -25 16.8    3.325    2.485    26.6    10.2  15.0  
2010 01 14    17 34.45   -25 27.9    3.311    2.501    29.4    11.1  15.1 
2010 01 19    17 44.44   -25 36.6    3.294    2.517    32.2    12.0  15.1 
2010 01 24    17 54.27   -25 43.0    3.274    2.533    35.1    12.9  15.2 
2010 01 29    18 03.91   -25 47.2    3.252    2.549    38.0    13.8  15.2  
2010 02 03    18 13.36   -25 49.5    3.228    2.566    40.9    14.6  15.3  
2010 02 08    18 22.58   -25 49.8    3.201    2.583    43.9    15.4  15.3 
2010 02 13    18 31.58   -25 48.5    3.171    2.600    47.0    16.1  15.4  
2010 02 18    18 40.32   -25 45.7    3.140    2.617    50.1    16.8  15.4  
2010 02 23    18 48.78   -25 41.6    3.105    2.634    53.2    17.5  15.5  
2010 02 28    18 56.96   -25 36.3    3.069    2.652    56.4    18.1  15.5