C/2005 S4 ( McNaught )

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Profile Discovery Date September 30, 2005 Magnitude 18.9 mag Discoverer R. H. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 60464: Epoch 2007 June 29.0 TT = JDT 2454280.5 T 2007 July 18.6747 TT MPC q 5.850099 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000178 Peri. 31.4567 +0.5297525 -0.5645768 +/-0.000002 Node 318.2902 -0.8284134 -0.1843639 e 0.998957 Incl. 107.9586 +0.1819162 +0.8045265 From 358 observations 2005 July 27-2007 Aug. 21, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 5.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.