Posted by
michael
on from the head-in-the-stars dept.
TrinSF writes "SFGate.com, run by the San Francisco Chronicle, has a story on Comet Ikeya-Zhang. It's on a 350 year cycle, and should be visible to the naked eye in some places over the next few weeks. Here's a gallery of pictures, too."
Viewer's Guide
by
Metrollica
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· Score: 4, Informative
There's a viewers guide to the comet that might come in handy at Space.com
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--Metrollica
Re:Tracking interplanetary objects?
by
pfalstad
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· Score: 4, Informative
Home Planet does a good job, and has an orrery display as well as a sky view.
you'll also want the orbital elements, which can be put into the cometnew.csv file so you know where all the latest comets are (including Ikeya-Zhang)
Slashdot Mirror
There's a viewers guide to the comet that might come in handy at Space.com
--Metrollica
Home Planet does a good job, and has an orrery display as well as a sky view. you'll also want the orbital elements, which can be put into the cometnew.csv file so you know where all the latest comets are (including Ikeya-Zhang)