Comet Chasing Group Policies The mission of the group is to promote recreational comet observing with a focus on visual observation. Let's get more people...
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Jul 1, 2003 10:02 am
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OK, here is the question of the day. Could someone list all the comets that are now visible in the northern hemisphere magnitude 12 or brighter. And does...
Hello, I'm searching for any input on the Lumicon comet band filter. Has anyone ever used it, and if so, what was your experience with it? I was also wondering...
Hi David, ... My comet chasing page has this information: http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html Just one thing -- I haven't updated it for July yet. That...
Thanks Greg and Jeffery, I thought I would get some discussion going with my question and maybe get more people involved, but I guess everyone is too busy for...
I have a blue filter that I got from an article in Sky and Telescope many years ago. I can't remember where I got it, but it seems to help bring out the comet...
... My site has finder charts for all the comets that an amateur without proper software is likely to observe visually... are they not labeled clearly enough?...
Comet chasing information and finder charts: * C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem) is a sunrise comet for moderate telescopes * C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) is an evening comet...
Hello fellow comet observers, I photographed Comet 65P (Gunn) as it lay about 5' from the globular cluster M 70 in Sagattarius last night with my 16" (41cm)...
You can find some interesting comets-charts at http://www.shopplaza.nl/astro/ there are also comparison stars. By the way, last night I observed two faint...
I was out last Friday and managed to find C/2003 K4 LINEAR visually in my 51 cm. It was stellar at 600x with no coma visible. The nucleus was much bluer than...
I had the opportunity to observe the periodic comet 65P/Gunn on a couple of occasions last month at the Laurel Highlands Star Cruise in eastern West Virginia....
Greetings I am glad to find this group. Greetings. I have been photographing comets for several years on with CCD cameras and scopes (see my site_) , SLR (Hal...
Dr. Flescher, The only complaint I have is why can't we use our logs for past comets. Why was 2 comets determined to be the number before 2000? I have logs of...
Hi, ... I hope you will consider adding my comet chasing web page to the listings at the award web site. I emailed about this when the comet observing award...
David Thanks for your feedback. It took over a year of initiating , revizing and finalizing the award and getting final approval. A longer process then it ...
Hello Greg I am contacting you off list. I came upon skyhound last summer. I was impressed with it but only recently rediscovered it after losing a bunch of...
... bunch of my ... official award ... list at the ... can see it ... I'm really dissapointed by this. You say my site is worthy, but apparently it isn't. I...
Greg, Don't stop preparing you "Comet Chasing" webpage. I refer to it often and use its info at our astronomy club's monthly meetings. When I announced the...
Comet Chasing Group Policies The mission of the group is to promote recreational comet observing with a focus on visual observation. Let's get more people...
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Aug 1, 2003 11:04 am
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Greg, I noticed tht you haven't updated your comet info from July to August. Will you do so before Friday, as our local astronomy club meets then, nd I would...
Hi Jack, ... I just returned from vacation and I'm swamped. But I will have the comet page updated before the end of the day. Not a very interesting month so...
Comet chasing information and finder charts at <http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html> Synopsis The two brighter comets currently visible are southern...
Hi Greg, You wrote: 'Note: C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) should have already appeared in the morning sky at about 12th magnitude but as of August 5 no observations...
Comet Chasing Group Policies The mission of the group is to promote recreational comet observing with a focus on visual observation. Let's get more people...