Comet C/2006 OF2 Broughton

[TonyF.070112]

Comet C/2006 OF2 Broughton. Here is some images from observations I have made

My 1st observation Mag 16.7 on April 18 2007

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Mag 16.1 May 20 2007

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July 8 2008


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Aug 14 2007

Mag 14.3


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[MarleenB.050308]

very nice Tony!! It's fun to watch how it gets brighter with each month. Is it predicted to brighten more or is this it?

Thanks

Marleen
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[TonyF.070112]

its projected to reach Mag 10.8 in Jan 2009
Most of 2008 it will in the mag 12 - 13 range
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an update Jan 12 2008
The tail is starting to be more visiable

[KochavaY.050616]

what fun that we are able to follow this on Slooh, starting even when it was just 17th mag. Tony, thanks for preparing these images and animations and sharing them with us!

what is the path of its orbit? where in that orbit is it now, and where was it last August?

[TonyF.070112]

here is a quick animation of the location of the comet when taking images of it. i also added a few frame of up coming events like Perihelion and Perigee

my 1st image of it was at 6AU just out past Jupiter

[RickyF.040910]

Tony , This is a cool comet and you have a set of eagle eyes to see these comets. Thank you for sharing your pictures with us.


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[KochavaY.050616]

Tony, thanks for both the comet animations and also the animation of its path. sure helps to understand better!

[TonyF.070112]

Your welcome Kochava

I should have posted this too

so you can view its orbit
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2006%20OF2;orb=1;cov=0;log=0#orb

[TonyF.070112]

well its been unviewable for 4 months and has brighten up to Mag 12.8 its tail is becoming more visible










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[TaviG.050801]

The animation is moving a little too quickly for me to be sure - was Broughton "behind" the sun, from our point of view, these past few months?

Tavi
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