2021-12-17, 03:25 PM
I was looking for an observing list of all the 73P fragments. Is there one available? All the elements can be found at https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/dat/ELEMENTS.COMET
Currently, the full string of fragments runs from the Coma/Leo/Virgo border into Cancer with 73P 3-AP (magnitude 24) just 3' west of the nice double star Iota Cancri. The trailing fragment appears to be 73P 3-S (~25th mag). There is also an outlier on the east end of the chain (73P 3-U) that makes the full extent of the train stretch over 98°!!
I've been unable to illustrate this configuration in ST4v. Any help would be appreciated.
Currently, the full string of fragments runs from the Coma/Leo/Virgo border into Cancer with 73P 3-AP (magnitude 24) just 3' west of the nice double star Iota Cancri. The trailing fragment appears to be 73P 3-S (~25th mag). There is also an outlier on the east end of the chain (73P 3-U) that makes the full extent of the train stretch over 98°!!
I've been unable to illustrate this configuration in ST4v. Any help would be appreciated.