--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@p...> wrote:

> This will appear in Go To... Comet. However, be warned: it's
> currently down at mag 22.3, so unless you have set the limiting
> magnitude for comets to be fainter than this, you won't see it.
> (Or you can set comets to be 'on', in which case you'll see
> absolutely everything listed. Or you can set the date to, say,
> 2006 May 10; on that day, 73P will break mag 6. Or you can
> use Tables... Current Comets, and enter a limiting magnitude
> of 23. Tables... Current Comets gives exactly the same results
> as Go To... Comet, except that you can specify the magnitude
> limit for the Tables version.)
>
> A couple of tips:
>
> If you have Guide show all comets down to mag 23, it'll be
> a long list. (I just tried it, and got 231 comets brighter than
> mag 23.) But you can just type "73p" and it will find that object.
>
> Normally, I would suggest using the Extras... Add MPC Comet/
> Asteroid option to get current elements for this object. But
> MPC only gives data for "currently observable comets", and this
> guy is not particularly currently observable. Still, it's a
> good idea to make use of this option from time to time.
>
> -- Bill

Thanks Bill. This magnitude setting was my problem as I only had it
at mag 20. Not much of a comet now but this will change big time
next year. Mike H.