------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2805 2012 Mar 09 20.09UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- COMET C/2012 C2 (BRUENJES) Observations received for the March issue of 'The Astronomer' from visual observers show this comet much brighter than predicted on the ephemeris service of the Minor Planet Center where m1 is shown for February at about magnitude 16.5. Selected visual observations: 2012 Feb 16.38UT, 11.8v (Graham Wolf, New Zealand); Feb 16.78 11.3v (Stephen Getliffe, Cambridge, England); Feb 17.38UT, 11.6v (Wolf); 18.85, 11.1v (Wolf); 21.38, 10.0v (Wolf) A more detailed set of results appears in the March issue. Elements: T 2012 Mar. 12.7338 TT MPC q 0.801306 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 62.8139 +0.5355278 +0.8030527 Node 118.0125 +0.6314378 -0.5862687 e 1.0 Incl. 162.7790 +0.5607997 -0.1067491 Ephemeris: Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 2012 03 10 01 03 51.0 +15 23 52 1.4514 0.8030 31.9 16.9 2012 03 11 01 02 46.4 +15 18 35 1.4764 0.8020 30.7 16.9 2012 03 12 01 01 42.8 +15 13 16 1.5008 0.8014 29.4 16.9 2012 03 13 01 00 40.4 +15 07 55 1.5246 0.8013 28.2 17.0 2012 03 14 00 59 38.9 +15 02 32 1.5478 0.8017 27.0 17.0 2012 03 15 00 58 38.5 +14 57 08 1.5704 0.8025 25.8 17.0 2012 03 16 00 57 39.0 +14 51 42 1.5924 0.8037 24.7 17.1 2012 03 17 00 56 40.4 +14 46 15 1.6138 0.8055 23.5 17.1 2012 03 18 00 55 42.7 +14 40 46 1.6345 0.8076 22.3 17.1 2012 03 19 00 54 45.9 +14 35 17 1.6545 0.8103 21.2 17.2 2012 03 20 00 53 49.9 +14 29 46 1.6739 0.8133 20.0 17.2 As the elongation angle suggest this comet is becoming difficult to observe and care should be taken with regard to the Sun. Guy M Hurst