[BAA Comets] Data for next week (2012 S1)

[Shanklin, Jonathan D.]

Hi Graham,

Yes, that looks much better.  You might like to use the magnitude parameters in http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/magpars.htm These will normally give a better estimate of a comet's current magnitude than the ones from the MPC.  At the moment I'm updating it weekly, but the normal practice is once a month.  Its not ideal for computer parsing, but should be sufficiently consistent that its useable.  Alternatively use the magnitudes given in current comet magnitudes at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/

Regards, Jonathan Shanklin

Director Comet Section, British Astronomical Association
http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds




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