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Thought people would be interested in this.... Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: "Francois COLAS" <colas@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> ...
Dave Herald
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Nov 2, 2007
3:23 pm
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I haven't been able to do any new stuff lately mostly because of the weather (only seems to be clear around full moon) so here's a reprocessed image which I...
Steve Crouch
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Nov 3, 2007
1:22 am
5007
Hello Steve, Magnificent! Love the wide field setting! Thanks Jim Fenner...
Jim & Kelly Fenner
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Nov 3, 2007
10:49 am
5008
Thanks Jim!...
Steve Crouch
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Nov 3, 2007
11:27 am
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Reports are now coming through of southern hemisphere observations of this 5th magnitude comet. For some time it has only been visible in the northern...
Dave Herald
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Nov 4, 2007
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In the (unlikely?) situation of it being somewhat clear tonite, I might head up to Mt Ainslie to try to pick up comet Loneos soon after sunset. There have been...
Dave Herald
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Nov 6, 2007
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I think I'll try where I saw McNaught first after sunset, in the Red Hill reserve just above Kent St. DN ... -- _________________________ David Nicholls ...
David Nicholls
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Nov 6, 2007
5:45 am
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... Dave, I think that a dark sky will be essential to see the tail. Michael Mattiazzo in Vic. captured a 5 deg. tail last night in this image: ...
Vello Tabur
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Nov 6, 2007
7:28 am
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While it is a long shot given the weather, I'm going ahead with Mt Ainslie Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: "Dave Herald" <DRHerald@...> ...
Dave Herald
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Nov 6, 2007
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... I saw it tonight from my backyard in 20x80s. There were clouds drifting through the field intermittently, but it was easy enough to locate, being at the...
Vello Tabur
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Nov 6, 2007
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Attached is image taken with integrating video camera from Mt Ainslie. The conditions were poor, to say the least. It was imaged through cloud. But the tail is...
Dave Herald
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Nov 6, 2007
11:15 am
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... Saw it from my viewing point too, though very briefly due to clouds (cirrus and cumulus) through my 15x70s. Vello's description is accurate. DN -- ...
David Nicholls
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Nov 6, 2007
11:17 am
5017
Journal folding tonight at Dickson Planetarium and Observatory, 8 p.m....
John H
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Nov 8, 2007
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Congrats to Dave Higgins, who is apparently the lead individual in the discovery of binarity of asteroid 8116 Jeanperrin - just announced. Dave Herald ...
Dave Herald
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Nov 9, 2007
4:53 pm
5019
Thanks Dave. Thats #8 :-) and if only the weather would improve (though as long as it continues to rain I'm not complaining....) I could be hunting more. ...
David Higgins
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Nov 10, 2007
12:48 am
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I'm 99.999% sure the NACAA committee will accept it! Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: "David Higgins" <higginsdj@...> To:...
Dave Herald
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Nov 10, 2007
1:41 am
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The weather Bureau forecasts cloud right across our region tonight, so it's extremely unlikely we would see anything tonight. John Howard...
John H
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Nov 10, 2007
7:27 am
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People, Due to the current weather conditions....and a forecast from the BoM of more to come...tonight's Deep Sky Night has been cancelled. Lets at least hope...
A&U White
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Nov 10, 2007
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Hey everyone, I'm new to the group and actually pretty new to astronomy. I'm a Jnr High Science teacher in Sydney, and was inspired by a workshop at the ...
Bek
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Nov 10, 2007
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This may be a silly question, but you do have an eyepiece inserted in the focuser, don't you? DN ... -- _________________________ David Nicholls ...
David Nicholls
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Nov 10, 2007
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Yes, I do. I'm using a 25mm and a 10mm. I know they're not spectacular, but everyone keeps telling me that's all I need. ... in ... Jnr ... the ... really ...
Bek
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Nov 10, 2007
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OK, so the first thing to check is that everything else is present. Sorry if this is "teaching you to suck eggs". Check that the main mirror is where it ought...
David Nicholls
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Nov 10, 2007
12:44 pm
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Another way to check alignment is to have a look at the moon or Jupiter. You'll soon know if the finder is not pointed in the same direction as the main...
John H
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Nov 10, 2007
1:06 pm
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Thanks, I haven't seen instructions quite so clear as these. I'll give it a try in the morning!...
Bek Leys
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Nov 10, 2007
1:13 pm
5029
Thanks John... If only the moon were visible right now!!! Hadn't thought of pointing at M42 or Jupiter... will give it a try. Thanks again....
Bek Leys
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Nov 10, 2007
1:31 pm
5030
No rain out at Gundaroo, but wall-to-wall stars instead ... at least until 2 a.m. when I went to bed. We did see the weather to the west-southwest heading...
Mike Dower
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Nov 10, 2007
11:02 pm
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An interesting/rare occultation occurs this Saturday. The Moon will occult Neptune at about 11.30 pm as seen from south-eastern Australia, and New Zealand. The...
Dave Herald
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Nov 12, 2007
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Hi to all With the weather the way it's been I didn't think I would get anything this month. Fortunately last night and the night before have been good enough...
Steve Crouch
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Nov 13, 2007
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Steve Wow! Another windows background ! Regards Jim From: CADG@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CADG@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Crouch Sent: Tuesday, 13...
Jim & Kelly
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Nov 13, 2007
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Thanks Jim!...
Steve Crouch
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