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Where's T7??? Been viewing the comets this past month, and Q4 last night. No problem finding it. Been looking for T7 south of Procyon, here in California,...
Mike, I haven't been viewing the last couple of nights due to clouds, but can tell you that Procyon is much too distant to use as a guide star. Tonight, T7...
-Hi- ... month, and Q4 last night. No problem finding it. Been looking for T7 south of Procyon, here in California, last night around 10pm, and NO COMET!!! ...
Comet chasing information and finder charts at <http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html> With the discovery of C/2004 H6 (SWAN) we again have three binocular...
-Thanks for your imput, Brian and Wes - I've been using my 15x70 Oberwerks for the comet viewing, and been getting a pretty good show with Bradfield and Q4. I...
-Thanks for your imput, Brian and Wes - I've been using my 15x70 Oberwerks for the comet viewing, and been getting a pretty good show with Bradfield and Q4. I...
Well, I finally saw Comet LINEAR T7 again on Thursday evening. I was at the ASH Naylor Observatory and observed it with the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at...
I managed to finally view both comets at the same time last night before the rising Moon became much of a factor. Due to the low altitude and lower surface...
Hello Group - With very little "marine layer" last night, I was able to find T7, right where Brian and Wes said if was. I was disappointed through, because it...
Friday evening, June 4 Despite some stubborn high clouds, I observed both of the bright evening comets. C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) is still a captive of bright ...
Mike, Glad you found it. T7 is really a victim of its location in the sky for mid-northerners. If it were as high as Q4, it would probably appear about the...
Hi all, Normally when a 9th magnitude comet appears it gets quite a bit of attention as it is visible in just about any telescope. But with all the interest...
I also happened to look at C/2003 K4 last night. Clouds rolled in from the west during twilight, washing out the two brighter comets, but for a while the...
I saw C/2003 K4 yesterday morning in downtown. Under severe light polution, this comet is quite faint in my Apogee 25x100 Binoculars, just like a 9-magnitude...
Hi Wes, You have some real nice sketches. I am starting to sketch comets and was wondering how you determined in your FOV which way was North. Did you compare...
Wes Once again a nice sketch. I have been concentrating so much in Q4 and T7 and F4 and some others , I had forgotten about K4 since I caught it a few months ...
Bob, You can certainly do a star map comparison, but when I'm doing a quick sketch under the stars, I find celestial West (aka preceding). Put the object in...
... Interesting...I did not see any tail whatsoever on T7 this evening, only a slighly asymmetric, slightly condensed coma... Q4 was estimated at 6.5 last...
Thanks Wes. I have LX200 GPS SCT and hate to shut the drive off. If I understand then, my diagonal shows West is my right and North is always down. This would...
I observed C/2003 K4 again last night; I didn't find it right off with binoculars and wondered what had happened. I soon found that the comet was hiding very...
In a sense, this is another forgotten comet. It's visible in the morning sky along the Cetus/Pisces boundary, and is magnitude 10-11. It is several magnitudes...
A question I hope I can be kindly helped with: On the night of June 12 - 13 I was fortunate to observe Q4, T7, and I thought, K4 from N. 25° W 101 under dark...
For those looking to observe another faint comet, 29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1 is reported to be in one of its characteristic outbursts at around magnitude 12....
Below is my observation. The comet was easily visible and I think my brightness may be even slightly underestimated... 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann: 2004 June...
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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This morning (7/14) was my first observation of C/2004 H6 (SWAN). The comet is in Cetus, north of Beta Ceti. It was fairly large (~8') and diffuse (DC~3), but...
Wes I have taken pictures of H6 SWAN several times and it pretty each to catch. I caught 88p Howell a few days ago. 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has always eluded...
The Chatfield comet website http://www.phenomena.org.uk/ChatComets.htm This is a well done with nice conet sketches going all the way back to West 1976. Dr....
I'm a bit surprised at the lack of postings this month given the unusually large number of bright comets available. So I'd like to take this chance to remind...
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