Friday, August 5, 2011

Chart showing the path of Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková from 2011 August 9 to 15.

The chart presents a view looking to the south in the evening at about 8 pm. The position of the comet is marked for each evening at this time.
Stars to magnitude 7.50 are shown, with magnitudes labelled for stars brighter than magnitude 5.0.
The circle on the chart represents a field of view 5° in diameter, a fairly typical field of view for binoculars.

Path of comet 45P.

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