Comet C/2014 E2 (Jacques) and C/2013 V5 (Oukemeden) in Sept. 2014


C/2014 E2 (Jacques) by Gary Garzone, Longmont Astronomical Society.

Only about left week to view C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden) which is now about magnitude 7 in brightness. It should reach between 5 and 6 by about mid-month but will disappear into morning twilight for those of us around 40 degrees North latitude. Comet C2014/E2 (Jacques) is now high overhead moving through Cygnus. It should be about magnitude 7 in brightness. 

Location of Comet C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden) in early September 2014

8/31

RA:  7h05m

Decl: -0°50’

9/1

7h10m

-1°51’

9/2

7h16m

-2°57’

9/3

7h22m

-4°08’

9/4

7h28m

-5°26’

9/5

7h36m

-6°51’

9/6

7h44m

-8°22’

9/7

RA:  7h53m

Decl: -10°02’

9/8

8h04m

-11°49’

9/9

8h15m

-13°45’

9/10

8h28m

-15°48’

9/11

Difficult

9/12

Difficult

9/13

Difficult

 

Location of C/2014 E2 (Jacques) in September 2014

 

 

8/31

RA:  21h40m

Decl: 58°23’

9/1

21h22m

56°10’

9/2

21h06m

53°50’

9/3

20h52m

51°26’

9/4

20h40m

49°01’

9/5

20h29m

46°38’

9/6

20h20m

44°17’

9/7

RA: 20h12m

Decl: 42°00’

9/8

20h05m

39°48’

9/9

19h59m

37°42’

9/10

19h53m

35°41’

9/11

19h48m

33°47’

9/12

19h44m

31°58’

9/13

19h40m

30°14’

9/14

RA: 19h37m

Decl: 28°36’

9/15

19h34m

27°04’

9/16

19h31m

25°37’

9/17

19h29m

24°14’

9/18

19h27m

22°56’

9/19

19h25m

21°43’

9/20

19h23m

20°33’

9/21

RA: 19h21m

Decl: 19°28’

9/22

19h20m

18°26’

9/23
19h18m

17°27’

9/24
19h17m

16°31’

9/25
19h16m

15°39’

9/26
19h15m

14°48’

9/27

19h15m

14°01’

9/28

RA: 19h14m

Decl: 13°16’

9/29

19h13m

12°33’

9/30

19h12m

11°52’

10/1

19h11m

11°14’

10/2

19h11m

10°37’

10/3

19h11m

10°02’

10/4

19h11m

09°28’

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