OT: Comet C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)

From: Matson, Robert (ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com)
Date: Tue Apr 20 2004 - 20:16:58 EDT

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    Hi All,
    
    For those interested in trying to locate comet Bradfield in
    the pre-dawn skies, you can use the following data with SkyMap:
    
    2000.
    'Brad 4/21','', 1.30367, 17.0717, 3.3
    'Brad 4/22','', 1.22133, 19.5617, 3.8
    'Brad 4/23','', 1.15600, 21.8000, 4.3
    'Brad 4/24','', 1.10517, 23.8067, 4.8
    'Brad 4/25','', 1.06617, 25.6083, 5.2
    'Brad 4/27','', 1.01533, 28.7033, 6.0
    'Brad 4/29','', 0.99067, 31.2750, 6.7
    'Brad 5/1','', 0.98367, 33.4583, 7.3
    'Brad 5/3','', 0.98900, 35.3467, 7.9
    'Brad 5/5','', 1.00267, 37.0100, 8.3
    
    The above data is in the same format as DEEPSKY.TXT.  Two options:
    either temporarily rename DEEPSKY.TXT to something else and create
    a new DEEPSKY.TXT with the above text in it, or simply append the
    lines (following "2000.") to the end of your existing DEEPSKY.TXT.
    
    The comet is still pretty close to the sun (about 10 degrees away
    tomorrow morning), so you will need a good horizon in your northeast
    to have any hope of spotting it.
    
    --Rob
    
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