COMET C/2009 P1 GARRADD

TRACKING GUIDE

-Rahul Zota
Bhuj, INDIA

www.skygazersbhuj.blogspot.com
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Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd is heading for magnitude 6 and is the

brightest comet in the current sky. It will make a nice binocular comet
from September this year to May 2012. Approximately 237 million km
away, comet C2009/P1 (Garradd) is approaching earth and should
reach perihelion just before Christmas whereas its closest approach to
Earth will be in early March/2012.
In this document I have given magnitude info and charts of this
comet. Hope this will be helpful for many amateur astronomers for
tracking this comet.

COMET GARRADD FROM 1ST AUGUST TO 31ST DECEMBER 2011

DATE
1 August 2011
5 August 2011
10 August 2011
15 August 2011
20 August 2011
25 August 2011
30 August 2011
5 Sept 2011
10 Sept 2011
15 Sept 2011
20 Sept 2011
25 Sept 2011
30 Sept 2011

RA
21h 34.2m
21h 20.12m
21h 1.077m
20h 39.64m
20h 19.86m
19h 58.92m
19h 38.63m
19h 15.98m
18h 58.94m
18h 43.77m
18h 30.51m
18h 19.10m
18h 9.40m

DEC
+12o 30.44
+13o 48.65
+15o 20.77
+16o 43.05
+17o 52.07
+18o 45.57
+19o 23.01
+19o 48.45
+19o 56.28
+19o 55.04
+19o 47.58
+19o 36.46
+19o 23.81

MAGNITUDE
7.9
7.8
7.6
7.5
7.4
7.3
7.2
7.2
7.1
7.1
7.0
7.0
7.0

5 Oct 2011
10 Oct 2011
15 Oct 2011
20 Oct 2011
25 Oct 2011
30 Oct 2011
5 Nov 2011
10 Nov 2011
15 Nov 2011
20 Nov 2011
25 Nov 2011
30 Nov 2011

18h 1.27m
17h 54.47m
17h 49.03m
17h 44.42m
17h 40.71m
17h 37.76m
17h 35.07m
17h 33.41m
17h 32.19m
17h 31.34m
17h 30.78m
17h 30.46m

+19o 11.37
+19o 0.29
+18o 51.71
+18o 45.67
+18o 43.03
+18o 44.23
+18o 51.23
+19o 2.01
+19o 17.56
+19o 38.17
+20o 4.29
+20o 36.27

7.0
7.0
7.0
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.8
6.8
6.7
6.7

5 Dec 2011
10 Dec 2011
20 Dec 2011
25 Dec 2011
30 Dec 2011
31 Dec 2011

17h 30.32m
17h 30.28m
17h 30.35m
17h 30.34m
17h 30.20m
17h 30.16m

+21o 14.65
+21o 59.70
+23o 46.44
+24o 55.88
+26o 15.72
+26o 33.06

6.6
6.6
6.5
6.5
6.4
6.4

CHART SHOWING COMET GARRADDS POSITIONS FROM 18 DEC 2011 TO 2 MARCH 2012

COMET GARRADD FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 31ST MARCH 2012

DATE
1 Jan 2012
5 Jan 2012
10 Jan 2012
15 Jan 2012
20 Jan 2012
25 Jan 2012
30 Jan 2012
5 Feb 2012
10 Feb 2012

RA
17h 30.09m
17h 29.75m
17h 29.02m
17h 27.82m
17h 25.98m
17h 23.27m
17h 19.32m
17h 12.27m
17h 3.55m

DEC
+26o 50.80
+28o 7.02
+29o 54.58
+31o 57.46
+34o 17.77
+36o 57.80
+39o 59.70
+44o 8.94
+48o 4.13

MAGNITUDE
6.4
6.4
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.2
6.2
6.1
6.1

DATE
15 Feb 2012
20 Feb 2012
25 Feb 2012
1 Mar 2012
5 Mar 2012
10 Mar 2012
15 Mar 2012
20 Mar 2012
25 Mar 2012
31 Mar 2012

RA
16h 51.00m
16h 32.44m
16h 4.88m
15h 23.34m
14h 37.76m
13h 23.46m
12h 4.46m
10h 59.32m
10h 13.71m
9h 39.44m

DEC
+52o 22.66
+56o 58.94
+61o 39.49
+66o 0.30
+68o 43.59
+70o 35.48
+70o 6.66
+67o 34.87
+63o 52.46
+59o 0.22

MAGNITUDE
6.1
6.1
6.1
6.2
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.6
6.8
6.9

COMET GARRADDS POSITIONS FROM 1ST MARCH TO 1ST APRIL 2012

COMET GARRADD FROM 1ST APRIL TO 1ST MAY 2012

DATE
1 Apr 2012
5 Apr 2012
10 Apr 2012
15 Apr 2012
20 Apr 2012
25 Apr 2012
1 May 2012

RA
9h 31.80m
9h 18.58m
9h 7.11m
8h 59.52m
8h 54.6m
8h 51.63m
8h 49.87m

DEC
+57o 29.07
+54o 14.06
+50o 24.48
+46o 53.67
+43o 42.08
+40o 48.68
+37o 32.28

MAGNITUDE
7.1
7.3
7.5
7.8
8.0
8.2
8.5

COMET GARRADDS POSITIONS FROM 1ST APRIL TO 30TH APRIL 2012

On 2nd August at the time of evening, comet C/2009 P1 Garradd

will be just 41 56 away from the beautiful Globular Cluster
Messier 15.
On August 14, the comet will be just 27 away from the 4th
magnitude star Delphini.
On August 26, before midnight, the comet will be just 18 away
from the Globular Cluster Messier 71.
On September 2 and 3, the comet will pass closely from the
Coathanger Asterism.
On January 25, before dawn, high in the North East the comet
will be just 12 39 from the 4th magnitude star Hercules.
On February 3 and 4, the comet will be within 38 from a rich
Globular Cluster Messier 92.
On March 16 around mid night, the comet will be just 13 from
the 5th magnitude star 2 Draconis, and 37 away from the 3.8th
magnitude star Draconis.
On April 14, in the late evening, the comet will be within 32
from the 3rd magnitude star

Ursa Majoris.

For high resolution charts visit the link below:

http://skygazersbhuj.blogspot.com/2011/07/comet-c2009-p1-garradd-tracking-guide.html