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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 00:07:51, 10 Feb (UTC 08:07:51, 10 Feb)
Geocentric Data
Right Ascension (J2000):21h 56m 29.4s
Declination (J2000):-42° 32' 7"
Constellation:Grus
Magnitude:24.8
Distance from Earth:  12.7604 AU
Light time:6368 seconds
 
Heliocentric Data
Distance from Sun:11.9028 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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