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Comet Elenin

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16-02-2011 3:23pm

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irish1967

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When will we first be able to see this with binoculars / naked eye ?
What are the latest predictions as to how close it will come to us ??

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#2 16-02-2011 4:02pm
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Wikipedia says:

This relatively bright comet can reach 6th magnitude on September-October 2011.

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#3 18-02-2011 1:44pm
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Hi

I find this is a great site for keeping track of comets

http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html

Kind Regards

dbran

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Nasa Buzzroom have a video up regarding the Comet Elenin
You might find some info there.

http://buzzroom.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/983/

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More information from today Irish

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=elenin&orb=1

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http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=elenin&orb=1

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