Sorry Lawrence. It was presumptuous of me to think that you wanted C/2008 J1 when there are two Boattini comets up there right now. If you ask Guide to give you a list of comets for the time you want to observe you will see both comets listed. Click on the one you want and then use the animation button to generate an ephemeris for the comet you want.

Bob
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From: guide-user@yahoogroups.com [guide-user@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of P. Clay Sherrod [drclay@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:20
To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [guide-user] cometary elements from MPC (or not)

Hi Lawrence....in this case, all that Guide wants is the designation (not name):
cC/2007 W1
entered exactly that way.

Clay
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Dr. P. Clay Sherrod
Arkansas Sky Observatories
MPC/ H43 (Conway)
MPC/ H41 (Petit Jean Mountain)
MPC/ H45 (Petit Jean Mtn. South)
http://www.arksky.org/

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From: "Lawrence Harris" <lawrence@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:08 AM
Subject: [guide-user] cometary elements from MPC (or not)


>I was hoping to do some astrometry of comet Boattini tonight. From Guide I get
> the name: Boattini (c/2007 W1).
> I enter the name, followed by a large number of variations, into the MPC
> ephemeris generator - but no. Empty files each time.
>
> Can anyone remind me how MPC want the name to be presented.....?
>
> TIA
>
> Lawrence Harris
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