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How To Display The New Comet 289P/Blanpain? (Answer: Specific Comets Can Be Added Manually Via File > New > New Comet Orbiting Sun - Read On!)

Dominique Gering

December 25, 2019 20:32

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Hello,
I'm not able to dispaly the new comet 289P/Blanpain. I've updated the files for minor objects.
I've not see it neither in the file http://data.starrynight.com/oldVersionDataUpdates/data/Comets.txt
I see a lot of comets with magn 19 or 20 but not this bright comet.
Where is my problem ??
Best regards and clear skies.
Dominique,

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  Keiron Smith January 22, 2020 19:25

  Hi Dominique,

  Comets not listed in Starry Night 8 Prefs/Sky Data/Comets.txt file can be added manually via File > New > New Comet Orbiting Sun.

  You can get the orbital elements for single comets from MinorPlanetCenter.net here:

  https://minorplanetcenter.net//iau/MPEph/MPEph.html

  Num Name Mag. Diam e q Node w i Tp Epoch

  Blanpain 2.5 0.0 0.685294 0.958886 68.9238 9.8466 5.8975 2458838.4901 2458840.5

  This is what I can find.  Make sure you select the output in Starry Night format.