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RE: Comet C/2011 F1 (LINEAR)

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The magnitude 9.3 comet C/2011 F1 (LINEAR) will pass 1.36° from the mag 12.6 galaxy NGC 7057 in the constellation Microscopium, at 04:00 UT, 3rd March, 2013.

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The magnitude 9.2 comet C/2011 F1 (LINEAR) will pass 0.44° from the mag 11.5 galaxy IC 5105 in the constellation Microscopium, at 13:00 UT, 2nd March, 2013.

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Comet C/2011 F1 (LINEAR) is at Perihelion (1.819 AU) on the 8th January, 2013

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 12 29    18 08 37.0 -27 09 18   2.7966  1.8236     6.7     3.6   9.8
2012 12 30    18 11 10.5 -27 27 12   2.7940  1.8228     7.3     3.9   9.8
2012 12 31    18 13 44.9 -27 44 59   2.7913  1.8220     7.8     4.2   9.8
2013 01 01    18 16 20.4 -28 02 39   2.7886  1.8213     8.3     4.5   9.8
2013 01 02    18 18 56.8 -28 20 12   2.7859  1.8208     8.9     4.8   9.8
2013 01 03    18 21 34.2 -28 37 37   2.7831  1.8203     9.4     5.1   9.8
2013 01 04    18 24 12.6 -28 54 55   2.7803  1.8199    10.0     5.4   9.8
2013 01 05    18 26 52.1 -29 12 05   2.7774  1.8195    10.5     5.7   9.8
2013 01 06    18 29 32.5 -29 29 07   2.7745  1.8193    11.1     6.0   9.8
2013 01 07    18 32 14.0 -29 46 02   2.7716  1.8192    11.6     6.2   9.8
2013 01 08    18 34 56.5 -30 02 48   2.7686  1.8191    12.2     6.5   9.8
2013 01 09    18 37 40.0 -30 19 27   2.7656  1.8192    12.7     6.8   9.8
2013 01 10    18 40 24.6 -30 35 58   2.7626  1.8193    13.2     7.1   9.8
2013 01 11    18 43 10.2 -30 52 20   2.7596  1.8195    13.8     7.4   9.8
2013 01 12    18 45 56.8 -31 08 35   2.7565  1.8198    14.3     7.7   9.8
2013 01 13    18 48 44.4 -31 24 41   2.7534  1.8202    14.9     8.0   9.8
2013 01 14    18 51 33.1 -31 40 39   2.7502  1.8207    15.4     8.2   9.8
2013 01 15    18 54 22.8 -31 56 28   2.7471  1.8213    15.9     8.5   9.8
2013 01 16    18 57 13.5 -32 12 08   2.7439  1.8220    16.5     8.8   9.8
2013 01 17    19 00 05.3 -32 27 40   2.7407  1.8227    17.0     9.1   9.8
2013 01 18    19 02 58.2 -32 43 03   2.7375  1.8236    17.5     9.4   9.8
2013 01 19    19 05 52.0 -32 58 17   2.7342  1.8245    18.1     9.6   9.8
2013 01 20    19 08 46.9 -33 13 22   2.7310  1.8255    18.6     9.9   9.8
2013 01 21    19 11 42.8 -33 28 18   2.7277  1.8266    19.1    10.2   9.8
2013 01 22    19 14 39.8 -33 43 05   2.7244  1.8278    19.7    10.4   9.8
2013 01 23    19 17 37.8 -33 57 42   2.7211  1.8291    20.2    10.7   9.8
2013 01 24    19 20 36.9 -34 12 09   2.7178  1.8305    20.7    11.0   9.8
2013 01 25    19 23 37.0 -34 26 27   2.7145  1.8319    21.2    11.2   9.8
2013 01 26    19 26 38.1 -34 40 36   2.7112  1.8335    21.8    11.5   9.8
2013 01 27    19 29 40.3 -34 54 34   2.7079  1.8351    22.3    11.7   9.8
2013 01 28    19 32 43.5 -35 08 22   2.7046  1.8368    22.8    12.0   9.8
2013 01 29    19 35 47.7 -35 22 01   2.7013  1.8387    23.3    12.2   9.8
2013 01 30    19 38 53.0 -35 35 29   2.6980  1.8405    23.8    12.5   9.8
2013 01 31    19 41 59.3 -35 48 46   2.6947  1.8425    24.4    12.7   9.8

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5th August, 2012

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Google earth file: Comet C2011 F1 (LINEAR).kmz (18kb, kmz)

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Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   Mag
2012 08 05    14 13 20.1 +30 16 41   2.7827  2.6414    71.5    21.4  11.4
2012 08 10    14 16 50.0 +28 08 11   2.7847  2.5998    69.0    21.3  11.4
2012 08 20    14 25 05.9 +23 48 08   2.7913  2.5181    64.0    21.2  11.2
2012 08 30    14 34 53.5 +19 26 13   2.8006  2.4384    58.9    20.8  11.1
2012 09 10    14 47 13.5 +14 38 27   2.8130  2.3536    53.3    20.1  11.0
2012 09 20    14 59 44.9 +10 18 57   2.8252  2.2795    48.0    19.1  10.8
2012 09 30    15 13 25.9 +06 03 05   2.8372  2.2089    42.7    17.9  10.7
2012 10 10    15 28 13.2 +01 52 00   2.8481  2.1422    37.4    16.4  10.6
2012 10 20    15 44 06.4 -02 13 20   2.8569  2.0800    32.0    14.7  10.5
2012 10 30    16 01 05.0 -06 12 01   2.8624  2.0229    26.5    12.7  10.3
2012 11 10    16 21 02.6 -10 26 08   2.8641  1.9668    20.4    10.1  10.2
2012 11 20    16 40 25.4 -14 08 49   2.8606  1.9227    14.9     7.6  10.1
2012 11 30    17 01 01.8 -17 42 57   2.8519  1.8856     9.4     4.9  10.0
2012 12 10    17 22 57.5 -21 07 55   2.8378  1.8563     3.8     2.0  10.0
2012 12 20    17 46 18.6 -24 22 58   2.8183  1.8352     1.7     0.9   9.9
2012 12 30    18 11 10.6 -27 27 14   2.7940  1.8228     7.3     3.9   9.8
2013 01 10    18 40 24.7 -30 35 59   2.7626  1.8193    13.2     7.1   9.8
2013 01 20    19 08 47.0 -33 13 24   2.7310  1.8255    18.6     9.9   9.8
2013 01 30    19 38 53.2 -35 35 30   2.6980  1.8405    23.8    12.5   9.8
2013 02 10    20 13 57.4 -37 51 50   2.6621  1.8669    29.4    15.1   9.8
2013 02 20    20 47 26.3 -39 35 44   2.6316  1.8993    34.4    17.1   9.9
2013 03 01    21 18 37.1 -40 51 39   2.6074  1.9349    38.6    18.6   9.9
2013 03 10    21 50 29.4 -41 50 20   2.5874  1.9762    42.7    19.9  10.0

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Orbital elements:
    C/2011 F1 (LINEAR)
T 2013 Jan. 21.66077 TT                                 MPC
q   1.6175453            (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  197.23276     +0.08183604     +0.54504327
                   Node    85.22121     -0.78695739     +0.54906389
e   1.0            Incl.   56.85768     -0.61155616     -0.63360609
From 145 observations 2011 Mar. 17-21.

MPEC 2011 - F15

Comet C/2011 F1 (LINEAR) was discovered on the 17th March 2011, by the LINEAR survey.
The orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 21st January, 2013, at a distance of 1.62 AU from the Sun.