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Comet SWAN

Coarse finder chart
(60° field-of-view, stars to mag. 6.5)
Fine finder chart
(° field-of-view, stars to mag. 26.0)

All data valid for local time 07:51:05, 01 Dec (UTC 06:51:05, 01 Dec)
Geocentric Data
Right Ascension (J2000):21h 34m 9.1s
Declination (J2000):-44° 49' 3"
Constellation:Grus
Magnitude:24.4
Distance from Earth:  11.7921 AU
Light time:5884 seconds
 
Heliocentric Data
Distance from Sun:11.4137 AU
Perihelion:0.7831 AU
(28-Sep-2006)
Aphelion:not applicable
Period:(hyperbolic orbit)
Eccentricity:1.000054
Inclination to ecliptic:111.822°
Longitude of ascending node:148.727°
Argument of perihelion:62.589°


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