Checked out Comet Tempel 1 two nights ago in a suburban sky with my C8, but as expected I detected nothing. Tried again tonight after the impact, but still saw...
Albert Brakel
abrakel@...
Jul 4, 2005 2:44 pm
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I took some images at around 8pm, and compared them to some I took a few days ago. The coma is definitely larger than previous. Dave ... From: "Albert Brakel"...
... I went up to Stromlo last night to check out the comet through the CAS 14-inch. Yeah, it was a bit dimmer than I expected (a bit like looking at a mag.10...
Peter Ogilvie
Peter.Ogilvie@...
Jul 4, 2005 10:07 pm
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... Albert, I saw it from my suburban backyard using a C11. A very rough estimate would have placed it around mag 10.5 The inner coma did appear quite...
John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. 20 million years old ... gone in 60...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Jul 5, 2005 12:02 am
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Well, after reading the replies to this thread, I think Kim and I have qualified for the Morland Nebulous Award (Special Category) with Diamonds and Oak...
Vince Ford
vince@...
Jul 5, 2005 12:10 am
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Before the hounds pounce on the spelling... ... Well, didn't anybody else see the Union flag on them?? OK, I misspelt bright-ish..... -- ...
Vince Ford
vince@...
Jul 5, 2005 12:18 am
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... I was wondering what makes a British star look different from others? Peter O....
Peter Ogilvie
Peter.Ogilvie@...
Jul 5, 2005 12:27 am
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Hello everyone The before/after photos did not appear on this copy. I f you want to see them go to http://www.theaustralian.com.au and click in yesterday's ...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jul 5, 2005 12:28 am
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Did the comet actually noticeably brighten after the collision? Surely this would have taken all the best of British luck to happen! JM ... From:...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jul 5, 2005 12:32 am
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... Estimates from the observatories are around 2 mag after the impact, down to around a mag now. VF -- ...
Vince Ford
vince@...
Jul 5, 2005 12:52 am
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Looks like the expression "only in America" will have to be replaced by "only in Russia". I don't know about this astrologer's horoscopes but I reckon he/she...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jul 5, 2005 2:11 am
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With all the hype about throwing a grape at a charging Rhinocerous I decided to go out and image M17 through that little 80mm RC of mine. You can see the...
Ah huh! another bigot huh? Diffraction spikes, real artifacts or cosmetic add-ons alike, have just as much right as plain old round star images and they are...
Hi Peter, I added the orbital elements of this comet to the comet database so it can be gone to directly by letting the handcontroller calculate where to go...
I have never seen the Star of Bethlehem (ahem) painted without spikes formed by the human eyeball. If the three wise guys saw spikes, then spikes are de ...
I think you've spent too much time with obscured optics and have become used to their imposition on the field of view. Please contact me privately for the...
Dr FRED WATSON Fred Watson says he has spent so many years working in large telescope domes that he has started to look like one. Educated at the universities...
Kimberley Rawlings
kim@...
Jul 7, 2005 2:15 am
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Last year I identified the existence of an occultation of a star by Pluto's satellite Charon, using my winOccult program. The region of the occultation was...
Hi guys I upgaded my old PII desktop with old USB1.1 ports that I was using to a new Pentium M 1.7 Laptop with 1gig RAM and USB2.0 ports. The SXV-H9 is now a...
Yes, well done Dave, amazing stuff and most of the world just don't know these sort of things are happening! :-) Mike Sid on IO ... by Pluto's satellite...
Hi to all Here's an image of the Pavo globular NGC 6752 done last night. As usual, the STL11K image is cropped. Cheers Steve ...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jul 11, 2005 6:42 pm
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Ha ha LOL, we are like two peas in a pod...eeer?..well one pea and one broadbean?..or perhaps two globs in a constellation?..... :-) Nicely done Mike...
Thanks Mike. I thought you would probably say this was a bit dark. There was a bit of a gradient which I had trouble removing so I darkened the image a bit....
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jul 11, 2005 11:55 pm
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Sorry - I'm doing it again. I thought I could do a better job with my previously posted NGC 6752 image and I do think this one is better as I managed to...
Steve Crouch
stevec@...
Jul 12, 2005 5:10 am
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Steve, this is shocking. It is about time you dealt with your gradients. Just joking - it is a great image and these certainly help me through my working day...
Morland, John
jmorland@...
Jul 12, 2005 5:29 am
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John Morland ( jmorland@... ) suggested you might be interested in this http://theaustralian.com.au report. Saturn moon raises water hopes 11 July...
John Morland
jmorland@...
Jul 13, 2005 6:44 am
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Dr FRED WATSON Fred Watson says he has spent so many years working in large telescope domes that he has started to look like one. Educated at the universities...
