maxthebuilder created a new topic ' Comet position wrong' in the forum. 3 years ago

Hello,
Currently, the 156P/Russell-LINEAR comet is passing by M33/Triangulum.

KStars doesn't show its position correctly - it's far off.
On official release of SM 1.5.5 on RPI4.
Also on a more recent KStars client for Windows.

Relevant data file is updated.
Time/location correct.

I used Stellarium to locate it and then centered a nearby star in KStars/EKOS.
Shooting it right now (of course, after 5 frames it clouded up... : (

Back in July 2020, NEOWISE position was correct, as far as I remember.

Just reporting...

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