Comet

[Fay]

Is there a comet around Taurus at the moment?

[Mac]

There are only 7 visible at the moment that are brighter then mag 15.

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Observer position:
 Lat  =  51° 30' 00" N
 Long =  00° 00' 00" W
Min. mag = 15.0

Ephemeris for UT: 2011-03-22 0:00.0 (MJD=40622.50)

-- COMETS ------------------------------ RA ----------- DEC ------- mag - phas - elo -- rise --- set --- transit ---
9P Tempel                           21h 17m 54.0s  -21° 12' 14.9"  12.7   95.1   -46     5:08   13:34   9:21 17.4°
123P West-Hartley                    5h 31m 10.5s   37° 51' 47.0"  14.6   95.0    83      circumpolar
167P CINEOS                          5h 10m 06.3s   29° 16' 47.3"  14.6   97.6    78     8:00    2:26  17:11 67.7°
C/2006 S3 LONEOS                    20h 31m 13.9s   -5° 50' 09.6"  13.8   99.5   -53     2:56   14:11   8:33 32.7°
C/2009 F4 McNaught                  16h 38m 55.2s  -74° 31' 12.2"  14.4   99.3   -96      never up today
C/2009 P1 Garradd                   22h 39m 27.1s  -16° 04' 04.9"  13.0   99.6   -27     5:58   15:25  10:41 22.5°
C/2010 B1 Cardinal                   4h 32m 16.6s  -17° 15' 45.7"  14.8   97.5    68    11:57   21:09  16:33 21.2°

thats using harvards comet data, as of 17:25 today

ALDEBARAN

"follower" (of the Pleiades)
Other Names

Cor Tauri; Parilicium.
Alpha Tauri
HR 1457
HD 29139
Data

RA 04 35 55.2
Dec +16 30 33
V 0.85
B-V +1.54
Spectral Type K5+III

comparing to ALDEBARAN

dosent look like there's any close, but it might be a new find.
Now that would be a first for the society.

Mac.

[Fay]

Don't get too excited Mac, I saw it on planetarium prog The Sky     

[Mac]

ah, when was that data updated?