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Can you add Comet 21/Borisov to Stellarium? And if so how do you do it? I see it's in the list of observable comets
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Easy enough to add a comet, but I see no way of adding 2I/Borisov. The plugin is not finding the ephemeris data from the Minor Planet Center.

I can get Stellarium to pull information on asteroid Borisov, but not the comet.

Maybe [mention]alexwolf[/mention] can help with this?
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OhNo wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 2:38 am I just added it. http://dslr-astrophotography.com/add-comets-stellarium/
What was your search criteria?
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C/2014 Q3 but it does't display on Stellarium. C/2014 R1 does show up.
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I get Unknown Error
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Borisov has discovered a few comets. I do see the others listed, but not our particular interstellar interloper. I also see asteroid Borisov.

I do see Yo Mama (1I/Oumuamua) in there. No 2I/Borisov or C/2019 Q4 Borisov though.
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Looks like C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) is included by default on the newest version of Stellarium v0.19.2.


https://stellarium.org/release/2019/09/ ... .19.2.html
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bladekeeper wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:24 am Borisov has discovered a few comets. I do see the others listed, but not our particular interstellar interloper. I also see asteroid Borisov.

I do see Yo Mama (1I/Oumuamua) in there. No 2I/Borisov or C/2019 Q4 Borisov though.
Yesterday when I search MPC list of observable comets, I saw 21/Borisov in the list but when I add object it doesn't show up in my search list
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Is C/2019 Q4 the right one? I find 'em here https://theskylive.com/comets?s=C%2F2019+Q4 I from here you can at least get the co-ordinates...
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Is C/2019 Q4 the right one? I find 'em here https://theskylive.com/comets?s=C%2F2019+Q4 I from here you can at least get the co-ordinates...
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ARock wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 6:18 am Looks like C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) is included by default on the newest version of Stellarium v0.19.2.


https://stellarium.org/release/2019/09/ ... .19.2.html
It certainly is :D
Borisov.png

Might be a while before I can pick this one out... :lol:
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jazzin wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:18 pm
bladekeeper wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:24 am Borisov has discovered a few comets. I do see the others listed, but not our particular interstellar interloper. I also see asteroid Borisov.

I do see Yo Mama (1I/Oumuamua) in there. No 2I/Borisov or C/2019 Q4 Borisov though.
Yesterday when I search MPC list of observable comets, I saw 21/Borisov in the list but when I add object it doesn't show up in my search list
Scott, you need to search for 2I/Borisov, not 21/Borisov. Two-eye versus Twenty-one. :)
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Mounts: Celestron AVX; Bresser EXOS-2; ES Twilight I; ES Twilight II; iOptron Cube-G; AZ3/wood tripod; Vixen Polaris
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bladekeeper wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 1:37 pm
jazzin wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:18 pm
bladekeeper wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:24 am Borisov has discovered a few comets. I do see the others listed, but not our particular interstellar interloper. I also see asteroid Borisov.

I do see Yo Mama (1I/Oumuamua) in there. No 2I/Borisov or C/2019 Q4 Borisov though.
Yesterday when I search MPC list of observable comets, I saw 21/Borisov in the list but when I add object it doesn't show up in my search list
Scott, you need to search for 2I/Borisov, not 21/Borisov. Two-eye versus Twenty-one. :)
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