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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1
2007 01 05    21 06.66   -04 00.3    2.582    1.871    35.6    17.8  13.3
2007 01 10    21 14.42   -04 40.8    2.702    1.939    32.0    15.6  13.5
2007 01 15    21 21.78   -05 15.1    2.816    2.006    28.4    13.5  13.8
2007 01 20    21 28.79   -05 44.3    2.926    2.073    24.7    11.5  14.0
2007 01 25    21 35.49   -06 09.1    3.029    2.140    21.0     9.5  14.2
2007 01 30    21 41.91   -06 30.3    3.126    2.206    17.3     7.6  14.4


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Comet Swan passes between the 4th-magnitude stars Alkalurops and Nekkar (Beta bootis) in the constellation Bootes tonight.

SWAN-2006-10-21-0h01m
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Position of Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN) at midnight tonight.

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    
2006 10 12    13 31.91   +37 58.5    1.113    0.824    45.5    59.8   7.9
2006 10 17    14 24.16   +38 43.4    1.046    0.859    49.7    62.2   7.9
2006 10 22    15 21.58   +37 41.1    1.006    0.901    53.5    62.6   8.1
2006 10 27    16 18.35   +34 43.4    0.999    0.951    57.0    61.2   8.3
2006 11 01    17 09.12   +30 19.0    1.026    1.006    59.8    58.5   8.6
2006 11 06    17 51.56   +25 17.0    1.084    1.065    61.5    54.9   8.9
2006 11 11    18 26.00   +20 19.4    1.169    1.127    62.3    51.1   9.4
2006 11 16    18 53.88   +15 50.1    1.273    1.191    62.1    47.2   9.8
2006 11 21    19 16.74   +11 57.5    1.391    1.257    61.1    43.5  10.2
2006 11 26    19 35.83   +08 41.3    1.518    1.324    59.4    39.9  10.6
2006 12 01    19 52.10   +05 57.3    1.651    1.392    57.3    36.6  11.0
2006 12 06    20 06.24   +03 40.6    1.787    1.461    54.8    33.4  11.4
2006 12 11    20 18.75   +01 46.5    1.924    1.529    52.0    30.5  11.8
2006 12 16    20 29.99   +00 11.2    2.061    1.598    49.0    27.7  12.1
2006 12 21    20 40.23   -01 08.7    2.196    1.667    45.8    25.0  12.4
2006 12 26    20 49.67   -02 15.9    2.328    1.735    42.5    22.5  12.7
2006 12 31    20 58.44   -03 12.5    2.457    1.803    39.1    20.1  13.0


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A newly discovered comet has brightened enough to be visible this week with binoculars. The picturesque comet is already becoming a favored target for northern sky imagers. Pictured above just last week, Comet SWAN showed a bright blue-green coma and an impressive tail. Comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN) was discovered in June in public images from the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) instrument of NASA and ESA's Sun-orbiting SOHO spacecraft.


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Credit Michael Jäger & Gerald Rhemann

Comet SWAN, near magnitude six, will be visible with binoculars in the northeastern sky not far from the Big Dipper over the next few days before dawn. The comet is expected to reach its peak brightness this week. Passing its closest to the Sun two days ago, Comet SWAN and will be at its closest to the Earth toward the end of this month. Comet SWAN's unusual orbit appears to be hyperbolic, meaning that it will likely go off into interstellar space, never to return.



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Epoch 2006 Sept. 22.0 TT = JDT 2454000.5
T 2006 Sept. 28.7276 TT                                 MPC
q   0.783144             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  -0.000561       Peri.   62.5838      -0.2222762      +0.8475511
 +/-0.000288       Node   148.7273      +0.1502245      -0.4586147
e   1.000439       Incl.  111.8193      +0.9633410      +0.2670763
From 56 observations 2006 July 12-Sept. 20, mean residual 0".6.


Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1
2006 11 06    17 51.53   +25 17.9    1.084    1.065    61.5    54.9   8.9
2006 11 11    18 25.97   +20 20.4    1.169    1.127    62.3    51.1   9.4
2006 11 16    18 53.86   +15 51.1    1.273    1.191    62.1    47.2   9.8
2006 11 21    19 16.72   +11 58.5    1.391    1.257    61.1    43.5  10.2
2006 11 26    19 35.82   +08 42.3    1.518    1.324    59.4    39.9  10.6


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Comet C/2006 M4 ( SWAN ), is now observable in the dawn skies of the northern hemisphere.
The comet is in the constellation Leo moving towards Bootes.

C2006 M4 SWAN-2006-9-19-21h17m
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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1
2006 09 22    11 22.46   +27 31.9    1.521    0.793    28.2    36.7   8.4
2006 09 27    11 44.89   +30 27.0    1.411    0.783    32.6    43.6   8.2
2006 10 02    12 12.92   +33 21.0    1.302    0.785    37.0    50.1   8.0
2006 10 07    12 48.22   +35 59.5    1.201    0.799    41.3    55.7   7.9
2006 10 12    13 32.14   +37 58.2    1.112    0.824    45.5    59.9   7.9
2006 10 17    14 24.45   +38 42.3    1.045    0.858    49.7    62.3   7.9
2006 10 22    15 21.92   +37 38.9    1.005    0.901    53.5    62.7   8.1
2006 10 27    16 18.69   +34 40.0    0.998    0.951    57.0    61.3   8.3
2006 11 01    17 09.41   +30 14.7    1.025    1.006    59.8    58.5   8.6


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