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Comet C/2011 C1 (McNaught) at magnitude 11.5, is 0.95° from the magnitude 12.7 spiral galaxy NGC 63 in the constellation Pisces at 14:00 UT, 16th May, 2011.

Position (2000): RA 00 17 45.6, Dec +11° 27' 01"



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Comet C/2011 C1 (McNaught) is at Perihelion (0.884 AU) on the 17th April, 2011.



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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase  Mag
2011 03 30    20 39 59.8 -04 11 26   0.9391  0.9487    58.5    63.9  15.1
2011 03 31    20 45 58.8 -03 41 23   0.9440  0.9423    57.9    63.9  15.1
2011 04 01    20 51 54.2 -03 11 29   0.9494  0.9362    57.4    64.0  15.1
2011 04 02    20 57 45.9 -02 41 48   0.9552  0.9304    56.8    64.0  15.1
2011 04 03    21 03 33.7 -02 12 21   0.9614  0.9249    56.2    64.0  15.1
2011 04 04    21 09 17.7 -01 43 10   0.9679  0.9197    55.7    63.9  15.1
2011 04 05    21 14 57.7 -01 14 17   0.9747  0.9149    55.2    63.8  15.1
2011 04 06    21 20 33.7 -00 45 45   0.9819  0.9103    54.7    63.7  15.1
2011 04 07    21 26 05.8 -00 17 34   0.9894  0.9061    54.2    63.6  15.0
2011 04 08    21 31 33.8 +00 10 14   0.9973  0.9023    53.7    63.4  15.0
2011 04 09    21 36 57.8 +00 37 37   1.0054  0.8988    53.2    63.2  15.0
2011 04 10    21 42 17.8 +01 04 35   1.0137  0.8957    52.8    62.9  15.1
2011 04 11    21 47 33.8 +01 31 08   1.0223  0.8929    52.3    62.7  15.1
2011 04 12    21 52 45.8 +01 57 13   1.0312  0.8904    51.9    62.4  15.1
2011 04 13    21 57 53.9 +02 22 50   1.0403  0.8884    51.5    62.0  15.1
2011 04 14    22 02 58.0 +02 48 00   1.0496  0.8867    51.1    61.7  15.1
2011 04 15    22 07 58.3 +03 12 41   1.0591  0.8854    50.8    61.3  15.1
2011 04 16    22 12 54.7 +03 36 53   1.0688  0.8844    50.4    61.0  15.1
2011 04 17    22 17 47.3 +04 00 37   1.0787  0.8839    50.1    60.5  15.1
2011 04 18    22 22 36.1 +04 23 51   1.0887  0.8837    49.8    60.1  15.1
2011 04 19    22 27 21.3 +04 46 37   1.0989  0.8839    49.5    59.7  15.2
2011 04 20    22 32 02.7 +05 08 54   1.1092  0.8845    49.2    59.2  15.2
2011 04 21    22 36 40.6 +05 30 42   1.1196  0.8854    48.9    58.8  15.2
2011 04 22    22 41 14.9 +05 52 01   1.1301  0.8868    48.6    58.3  15.2
2011 04 23    22 45 45.6 +06 12 53   1.1407  0.8885    48.4    57.8  15.3
2011 04 24    22 50 12.9 +06 33 16   1.1514  0.8905    48.2    57.3  15.3
2011 04 25    22 54 36.7 +06 53 11   1.1622  0.8930    48.0    56.8  15.3
2011 04 26    22 58 57.1 +07 12 39   1.1730  0.8958    47.8    56.3  15.4
2011 04 27    23 03 14.2 +07 31 39   1.1838  0.8989    47.6    55.8  15.4
2011 04 28    23 07 28.0 +07 50 13   1.1947  0.9024    47.5    55.3  15.4
2011 04 29    23 11 38.4 +08 08 21   1.2056  0.9063    47.3    54.8  15.5
2011 04 30    23 15 45.7 +08 26 02   1.2165  0.9105    47.2    54.2  15.5


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Comet C/2011 C1 (McNaught) makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.914 AU) on the 20th March, 2011.


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Orbital elements:
    C/2011 C1 (McNaught)
T 2011 Apr. 17.95254 TT                                 MPC
q   0.8834103            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   84.44010     +0.11094129     +0.99186145
                   Node   192.46010     -0.98727513     +0.10278573
e   1.0            Incl.   16.83100     -0.11392910     +0.07513960
From 39 observations 2011 Feb. 10-12.

MPEC 2011 - C79

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