Does anyone know of a handy Website where I can obtain orbital elements for new comet discoveries, so I can plug them into my planetarium program? I'm so old-fashioned. Wish I'd thought of this a week or two ago. This would be much better than relying on the simplified diagrams we usually get when new comets get reasonably bright. Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know.
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/SoftwareComets.html --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
Does anyone know of a handy Website where I can obtain orbital elements for new comet discoveries, so I can plug them into my planetarium program?
I'm so old-fashioned. Wish I'd thought of this a week or two ago. This would be much better than relying on the simplified diagrams we usually get when new comets get reasonably bright.
Thanks!
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Here's the site I normally use: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html It works for both comets and minor planets. It will provide either a file that can be read into a planetarium program or will put data on your monitor showing where the object is at the time and location of your choosing (in RA/Dec and Alt/Az). pw On 14 Jan 2007, at 15:09, Chuck Hards wrote:
Does anyone know of a handy Website where I can obtain orbital elements for new comet discoveries, so I can plug them into my planetarium program?
Thanks to Daniel and Patrick. Plugging it into the computer, I see that McNaught's track is almost perpendicular to the ecliptic- it's traveling south and east. Gone for us northerners. --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
Here's the site I normally use: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html
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For a graphic "3-D" demonstration go to http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ orbits/ and where it says "Object Number, Designation, or Name" enter C/2006 P1 and click on Search. You'll then be presented with a chart you can move in all directions, zooms and times. Start at about 1 December 2006 and move forward 1 day at a time and watch the comet move earthward and then quickly dive south through the ecliptic and out of (our) sight. pw On 14 Jan 2007, at 18:02, Chuck Hards wrote:
Plugging it into the computer, I see that McNaught's track is almost perpendicular to the ecliptic- it's traveling south and east. Gone for us northerners.
It occurs to me that this comet would be the "comet of the century" as seen from Venus right about now. --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
For a graphic "3-D" demonstration go to http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ orbits/ and where it says "Object Number, Designation, or Name" enter C/2006 P1 and click on Search.
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