Comet Hale-Bopp

Mark Pottenger

Comet Hale-Bopp is hoped to be the brightest comet in many years. The J2000 Right Ascension and declination positions below were retrieved from a JPL Web site. I did the precession to current RA & declination and the conversion to zodiacal longitude and latitude with a routine I extracted from the CCRS program.

Comet Hale-Bopp

DATE

J2000 RA

J2000 DEC

RA

DECLIN

LONGIT.

LATITUDE

1996 Sep 10

17 33 54.88

-6 02 52.5

17 33 44

6 S 2 45

23 Sg 9 45

17 N 14 17

1996 Sep 11

17 33 28.80

-5 59 38.5

17 33 18

5 S 59 31

23 Sg 2 49

17 N 17 13

1996 Sep 12

17 33 04.18

-5 56 26.7

17 32 54

5 S 56 19

22 Sg 56 15

17 N 20 6

1996 Sep 13

17 32 41.02

-5 53 16.8

17 32 30

5 S 53 9

22 Sg 50 4

17 N 22 59

1996 Sep 14

17 32 19.30

-5 50 09.0

17 32 9

5 S 50 1

22 Sg 44 15

17 N 25 51

1996 Sep 15

17 31 59.02

-5 47 02.9

17 31 48

5 S 46 55

22 Sg 38 48

17 N 28 41

1996 Sep 16

17 31 40.17

-5 43 58.6

17 31 30

5 S 43 50

22 Sg 33 44

17 N 31 31

1996 Sep 17

17 31 22.74

-5 40 55.8

17 31 12

5 S 40 48

22 Sg 29 2

17 N 34 20

1996 Sep 18

17 31 06.72

-5 37 54.6

17 30 56

5 S 37 46

22 Sg 24 41

17 N 37 8

1996 Sep 19

17 30 52.10

-5 34 54.7

17 30 42

5 S 34 46

22 Sg 20 43

17 N 39 56

1996 Sep 20

17 30 38.87

-5 31 56.1

17 30 28

5 S 31 48

22 Sg 17 6

17 N 42 44

1996 Sep 21

17 30 27.01

-5 28 58.6

17 30 17

5 S 28 50

22 Sg 13 50

17 N 45 32

1996 Sep 22

17 30 16.52

-5 26 02.2

17 30 6

5 S 25 54

22 Sg 10 56

17 N 48 20

1996 Sep 23

17 30 07.38

-5 23 06.7

17 29 57

5 S 22 58

22 Sg 8 23

17 N 51 8

1996 Sep 24

17 29 59.59

-5 20 12.0

17 29 49

5 S 20 3

22 Sg 6 11

17 N 53 56

1996 Sep 25

17 29 53.12

-5 17 18.0

17 29 43

5 S 17 9

22 Sg 4 20

17 N 56 44

1996 Sep 26

17 29 47.96

-5 14 24.5

17 29 38

5 S 14 16

22 Sg 2 49

17 N 59 33

1996 Sep 27

17 29 44.11

-5 11 31.6

17 29 34

5 S 11 23

22 Sg 1 39

18 N 2 23

1996 Sep 28

17 29 41.56

-5 08 38.9

17 29 31

5 S 8 30

22 Sg 0 49

18 N 5 13

1996 Sep 29

17 29 40.28

-5 05 46.6

17 29 30

5 S 5 38

22 Sg 0 19

18 N 8 4

1996 Sep 30

17 29 40.28

-5 02 54.3

17 29 30

5 S 2 46

22 Sg 0 9

18 N 10 56

1996 Oct 1

17 29 41.55

-5 00 02.1

17 29 31

4 S 59 53

22 Sg 0 19

18 N 13 49

1996 Oct 2

17 29 44.06

-4 57 09.8

17 29 34

4 S 57 1

22 Sg 0 49

18 N 16 43

1996 Oct 3

17 29 47.82

-4 54 17.2

17 29 37

4 S 54 9

22 Sg 1 38

18 N 19 39

1996 Oct 4

17 29 52.81

-4 51 24.3

17 29 42

4 S 51 16

22 Sg 2 47

18 N 22 35

1996 Oct 5

17 29 59.02

-4 48 30.9

17 29 49

4 S 48 22

22 Sg 4 15

18 N 25 34

1996 Oct 6

17 30 06.45

-4 45 36.9

17 29 56

4 S 45 28

22 Sg 6 2

18 N 28 33

1996 Oct 7

17 30 15.07

-4 42 42.2

17 30 5

4 S 42 34

22 Sg 8 7

18 N 31 35

1996 Oct 8

17 30 24.89

-4 39 46.6

17 30 15

4 S 39 38

22 Sg 10 32

18 N 34 38

1996 Oct 9

17 30 35.89

-4 36 50.0

17 30 26

4 S 36 42

22 Sg 13 16

18 N 37 43

1996 Oct 10

17 30 48.06

-4 33 52.3

17 30 38

4 S 33 44

22 Sg 16 17

18 N 40 50

1996 Oct 11

17 31 01.39

-4 30 53.3

17 30 51

4 S 30 45

22 Sg 19 38

18 N 44 0

1996 Oct 12

17 31 15.86

-4 27 53.0

17 31 6

4 S 27 45

22 Sg 23 16

18 N 47 11

1996 Oct 13

17 31 31.47

-4 24 51.1

17 31 21

4 S 24 43

22 Sg 27 12

18 N 50 25

1996 Oct 14

17 31 48.21

-4 21 47.6

17 31 38

4 S 21 40

22 Sg 31 27

18 N 53 41

1996 Oct 15

17 32 06.06

-4 18 42.3

17 31 56

4 S 18 34

22 Sg 35 58

18 N 57 0

1996 Oct 16

17 32 25.00

-4 15 35.0

17 32 15

4 S 15 27

22 Sg 40 48

19 N 0 22

1996 Oct 17

17 32 45.04

-4 12 25.7

17 32 35

4 S 12 18

22 Sg 45 55

19 N 3 46

1996 Oct 18

17 33 06.15

-4 09 14.2

17 32 56

4 S 9 7

22 Sg 51 18

19 N 7 13

1996 Oct 19

17 33 28.32

-4 06 00.4

17 33 18

4 S 5 53

22 Sg 56 59

19 N 10 42

1996 Oct 20

17 33 51.55

-4 02 44.1

17 33 41

4 S 2 37

23 Sg 2 57

19 N 14 15

1996 Oct 25

17 36 03.03

-3 45 41.0

17 35 53

3 S 45 34

23 Sg 36 52

19 N 32 48

1996 Oct 30

17 38 39.23

-3 27 16.9

17 38 29

3 S 27 11

24 Sg 17 25

19 N 52 48

1996 Nov 4

17 41 39.19

-3 07 14.7

17 41 29

3 S 7 10

25 Sg 4 26

20 N 14 28

1996 Nov 9

17 45 02.05

-2 45 16.0

17 44 52

2 S 45 12

25 Sg 57 45

20 N 38 0

1996 Nov 14

17 48 46.99

-2 21 01.2

17 48 37

2 S 20 58

26 Sg 57 13

21 N 3 36

1996 Nov 19

17 52 53.18

-1 54 09.6

17 52 43

1 S 54 8

28 Sg 2 45

21 N 31 31

1996 Nov 24

17 57 19.91

-1 24 20.2

17 57 10

1 S 24 19

29 Sg 14 14

22 N 1 57

1996 Nov 29

18 02 06.89

-0 51 10.9

18 1 57

0 S 51 11

0 Cp 31 46

22 N 35 8

1996 Dec 4

18 07 14.13

-0 14 16.8

18 7 5

0 S 14 19

1 Cp 55 30

23 N 11 22

1996 Dec 9

18 12 41.83

+0 26 50.1

18 12 32

0 N 26 47

3 Cp 25 41

23 N 50 55

1996 Dec 14

18 18 30.30

+1 12 40.8

18 18 21

1 N 12 36

5 Cp 2 40

24 N 34 10

1996 Dec 19

18 24 40.01

+2 03 49.2

18 24 31

2 N 3 43

6 Cp 46 50

25 N 21 27

1996 Dec 24

18 31 11.94

+3 00 52.0

18 31 3

3 N 0 44

8 Cp 38 48

26 N 13 9

1996 Dec 29

18 38 07.77

+4 04 30.9

18 37 59

4 N 4 21

10 Cp 39 28

27 N 9 42

1997 Jan 3

18 45 29.80

+5 15 34.4

18 45 21

5 N 15 23

12 Cp 49 58

28 N 11 32

1997 Jan 8

18 53 21.01

+6 34 58.2

18 53 12

6 N 34 44

15 Cp 11 49

29 N 19 11

1997 Jan 13

19 01 45.10

+8 03 45.2

19 1 37

8 N 3 29

17 Cp 46 49

30 N 33 7

1997 Jan 18

19 10 46.98

+9 43 04.9

19 10 39

9 N 42 47

20 Cp 37 22

31 N 53 49

1997 Jan 23

19 20 33.41

+11 34 13.7

19 20 25

11 N 33 53

23 Cp 46 40

33 N 21 35

1997 Jan 28

19 31 13.57

+13 38 36.8

19 31 5

13 N 38 14

27 Cp 18 55

34 N 56 33

1997 Feb 2

19 42 59.59

+15 57 45.0

19 42 52

15 N 57 20

1 Aq 19 36

36 N 38 24

1997 Feb 7

19 56 07.43

+18 33 08.2

19 56 0

18 N 32 40

5 Aq 55 41

38 N 26 11

1997 Feb 12

20 10 58.21

+21 25 59.6

20 10 51

21 N 25 28

11 Aq 15 53

40 N 17 36

1997 Feb 17

20 28 00.23

+24 36 48.9

20 27 53

24 N 36 14

17 Aq 30 40

42 N 8 23

1997 Feb 22

20 47 51.37

+28 04 41.5

20 47 44

28 N 4 3

24 Aq 51 24

43 N 51 8

1997 Feb 27

21 11 20.59

+31 46 11.6

21 11 13

31 N 45 29

3 Pi 27 46

45 N 14 26

1997 Mar 4

21 39 27.05

+35 33 45.4

21 39 20

35 N 32 59

13 Pi 22 10

46 N 2 27

1997 Mar 9

22 13 12.09

+39 13 50.7

22 13 5

39 N 13 0

24 Pi 22 11

45 N 56 50

1997 Mar 14

22 53 16.33

+42 25 59.0

22 53 9

42 N 25 5

5 Ar 56 13

44 N 41 40

1997 Mar 19

23 39 17.58

+44 44 54.5

23 39 9

44 N 43 59

17 Ar 19 51

42 N 10 28

1997 Mar 24

00 29 08.00

+45 47 57.5

0 28 59

45 N 47 2

27 Ar 52 6

38 N 30 18

1997 Mar 29

01 19 04.76

+45 25 18.2

1 18 55

45 N 24 26

7 Ta 9 1

33 N 59 31

1997 Apr 3

02 05 20.40

+43 45 05.7

2 5 10

43 N 44 19

15 Ta 5 20

29 N 0 54

1997 Apr 8

02 45 38.00

+41 08 19.6

2 45 28

41 N 7 39

21 Ta 47 51

23 N 55 9

1997 Apr 13

03 19 29.13

+37 58 40.7

3 19 19

37 N 58 6

27 Ta 28 18

18 N 57 21

1997 Apr 18

03 47 33.12

+34 35 24.8

3 47 23

34 N 34 55

2 Ge 18 51

14 N 16 28

1997 Apr 23

04 10 53.07

+31 11 24.4

4 10 43

31 N 11 0

6 Ge 30 21

9 N 56 42

1997 Apr 28

04 30 30.95

+27 54 02.0

4 30 21

27 N 53 42

10 Ge 11 42

5 N 59 0

1997 May 3

04 47 18.56

+24 46 50.9

4 47 9

24 N 46 34

13 Ge 29 57

2 N 22 26

1997 May 8

05 01 56.06

+21 51 01.8

5 1 47

21 N 50 49

16 Ge 30 29

0 S 54 49

1997 May 13

05 14 53.44

+19 06 24.0

5 14 44

19 N 6 14

19 Ge 17 22

3 S 54 58

1997 May 18

05 26 33.01

+16 32 05.2

5 26 24

16 N 31 58

21 Ge 53 39

6 S 40 15

1997 May 23

05 37 11.54

+14 06 56.1

5 37 3

14 N 6 51

24 Ge 21 43

9 S 12 48

1997 May 28

05 47 01.72

+11 49 42.6

5 46 53

11 N 49 40

26 Ge 43 26

11 S 34 29

1997 Jun 2

05 56 13.14

+9 39 12.0

5 56 5

9 N 39 11

29 Ge 0 16

13 S 46 59

1997 Jun 7

06 04 52.85

+7 34 15.5

6 4 45

7 N 34 17

1 Cn 13 18

15 S 51 48

1997 Jun 12

06 13 05.97

+5 33 50.6

6 12 58

5 N 33 54

3 Cn 23 19

17 S 50 12

1997 Jun 17

06 20 56.38

+3 37 02.2

6 20 48

3 N 37 7

5 Cn 30 56

19 S 43 17

1997 Jun 22

06 28 27.16

+1 43 02.0

6 28 19

1 N 43 8

7 Cn 36 41

21 S 32 2

1997 Jun 27

06 35 40.82

-0 08 52.7

6 35 33

0 S 8 45

9 Cn 41 1

23 S 17 14

1997 Jul 2

06 42 39.22

-1 59 20.6

6 42 32

1 S 59 11

11 Cn 44 17

24 S 59 38

1997 Jul 7

06 49 23.53

-3 48 56.0

6 49 16

3 S 48 45

13 Cn 46 45

26 S 39 54

1997 Jul 12

06 55 54.46

-5 38 08.0

6 55 47

5 S 37 56

15 Cn 48 34

28 S 18 35

1997 Jul 17

07 02 12.51

-7 27 20.9

7 2 5

7 S 27 8

17 Cn 49 51

29 S 56 9

1997 Jul 22

07 08 18.08

-9 16 55.6

7 8 11

9 S 16 41

19 Cn 50 45

31 S 33 3

1997 Jul 27

07 14 11.51

-11 07 11.1

7 14 5

11 S 6 56

21 Cn 51 27

33 S 9 38

1997 Aug 1

07 19 52.78

-12 58 24.5

7 19 46

12 S 58 8

23 Cn 52 1

34 S 46 15

1997 Aug 6

07 25 21.47

-14 50 50.0

7 25 15

14 S 50 33

25 Cn 52 29

36 S 23 13

1997 Aug 11

07 30 37.01

-16 44 37.3

7 30 31

16 S 44 19

27 Cn 52 51

38 S 0 48

1997 Aug 16

07 35 38.80

-18 39 53.3

7 35 32

18 S 39 34

29 Cn 53 7

39 S 39 11

1997 Aug 21

07 40 26.23

-20 36 42.4

7 40 20

20 S 36 22

1 Le 53 19

41 S 18 32

1997 Aug 26

07 44 58.57

-22 35 08.7

7 44 53

22 S 34 48

3 Le 53 32

42 S 59 1

1997 Aug 31

07 49 14.69

-24 35 14.0

7 49 9

24 S 34 53

5 Le 53 43

44 S 40 45

1997 Sep 5

07 53 13.11

-26 36 56.0

7 53 7

26 S 36 34

7 Le 53 47

46 S 23 51

1997 Sep 10

07 56 52.23

-28 40 07.9

7 56 47

28 S 39 45

9 Le 53 38

48 S 8 22

1997 Sep 15

08 00 10.38

-30 44 39.6

8 0 5

30 S 44 17

11 Le 53 14

49 S 54 15

1997 Sep 20

08 03 05.79

-32 50 19.1

8 3 0

32 S 49 56

13 Le 52 31

51 S 41 29

1997 Sep 25

08 05 36.32

-34 56 53.4

8 5 31

34 S 56 30

15 Le 51 26

53 S 30 1

1997 Sep 30

08 07 39.25

-37 04 04.8

8 7 34

37 S 3 41

17 Le 49 48

55 S 19 49

1997 Oct 5

08 09 11.49

-39 11 29.9

8 9 7

39 S 11 6

19 Le 47 23

57 S 10 44

1997 Oct 10

08 10 09.72

-41 18 40.0

8 10 5

41 S 18 16

21 Le 43 54

59 S 2 35

1997 Oct 15

08 10 30.44

-43 25 02.8

8 10 26

43 S 24 39

23 Le 39 6

60 S 55 8

1997 Oct 20

08 10 09.83

-45 30 03.9

8 10 6

45 S 29 40

25 Le 32 43

62 S 48 10

1997 Oct 25

08 09 03.44

-47 33 05.8

8 8 59

47 S 32 42

27 Le 24 19

64 S 41 27

1997 Oct 30

08 07 06.25

-49 33 23.8

8 7 2

49 S 33 1

29 Le 13 13

66 S 34 44

1997 Nov 4

08 04 13.14

-51 30 06.8

8 4 10

51 S 29 45

0 Vi 58 35

68 S 27 42

1997 Nov 9

08 00 19.13

-53 22 18.6

8 0 16

53 S 21 57

2 Vi 39 18

70 S 19 58

1997 Nov 14

07 55 19.75

-55 09 00.8

7 55 17

55 S 8 40

4 Vi 14 0

72 S 11 12

1997 Nov 19

07 49 11.07

-56 49 14.2

7 49 8

56 S 48 55

5 Vi 40 49

74 S 1 3

1997 Nov 24

07 41 50.03

-58 21 56.3

7 41 48

58 S 21 38

6 Vi 56 49

75 S 49 11

1997 Nov 29

07 33 15.55

-59 46 01.5

7 33 14

59 S 45 45

7 Vi 57 30

77 S 35 14

1997 Dec 4

07 23 29.63

-61 00 25.4

7 23 28

61 S 0 11

8 Vi 35 53

79 S 18 44

1997 Dec 9

07 12 38.18

-62 04 10.8

7 12 37

62 S 3 58

8 Vi 40 41

80 S 59 10

1997 Dec 14

07 00 51.26

-62 56 34.1

7 0 50

62 S 56 23

7 Vi 52 15

82 S 35 52

1997 Dec 19

06 48 22.61

-63 37 06.1

6 48 22

63 S 36 58

5 Vi 32 54

84 S 7 52

1997 Dec 24

06 35 29.37

-64 05 33.8

6 35 29

64 S 5 28

0 Vi 23 8

85 S 33 20

1997 Dec 29

06 22 31.20

-64 22 03.3

6 22 31

64 S 21 59

19 Le 23 33

86 S 47 48

1998 Jan 3

06 09 48.61

-64 27 02.5

6 9 48

64 S 27 1

26 Cn 49 34

87 S 39 30

1998 Jan 8

05 57 40.70

-64 21 21.6

5 57 40

64 S 21 22

23 Ge 28 3

87 S 46 57

1998 Jan 13

05 46 23.07

-64 06 07.1

5 46 22

64 S 6 9

28 Ta 23 40

87 S 9 41

1998 Jan 18

05 36 07.05

-63 42 32.9

5 36 6

63 S 42 37

15 Ta 52 15

86 S 12 15

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