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Nov 1, 2004 10:51 pm
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2004 November 5/6 I pulled off a quality observing session of about 3.5 hours this evening. My main observing targets included five comets. Skies were decent...
Thanks Wes for those sketches. Very nice. I looked particularly at 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann. I found that what you drew was what I have been seeing for a ...
I have a new web page illustrating the comet, its orbit, finder chart, eyepiece view and a short movie of its 1.8 arc minute journey through Andromeda. Don't...
Just a reminder that we have many comets visible in amateur telescopes this month. You don't have to wait for a bright comet! As always details and finder...
Love the movie! What did you use to make it? Equipment/software? I have a 15" Obsession DOB and will be receiving the Meade DSI this week. I'm hoping to be...
... As this group is for visual comet observing only, please correspond off group regarding imaging equipment. Thanks, Greg -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical...
Hi All, Comet Machholz is well placed for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere. It has been brightening steadily, now about mag 7 . This is in line with...
I tried to find this comet list night with my C14 but was the houses to my south were just sligthly too tall so it was just below them. I did see M79 and...
Hi Ralph, It is not moving far at the moment from night to night, should crank up soon. It is in a patch of dark sky at the moment and I am getting good views...
Hi group, Went for a viewing session at reasonably dark sky site this morning, early till near dawn, and viewed both comets 17th nov local time - 16th UT....
Dave, It is looking good for you lucky observers in the low to middle northern latitudes - might get a very nice comet show this january coming :-) Cheers ...
Very impressive report Kearn, the double tail of Machholz reminds me of Hale Bopp! I'm looking forward to some impressive viewing here in North America in the...
Okay, newbie question time... It seems to me that the comets visible this year tend to be near the horizon when they are closets to the sun and thus have their...
Ralph, Thanks!, P.S I need to make a slight correction - on having read observers reports and seen an image of Comet Machholz from around same time - I am now...
Al, Thats what you find very generally, buts it not a hard and fast rule. For instance in 2004 Q2 Machholz's case it is still around still 60 degrees in...
Woops - forgot to add a one big factor - and that is size does matter (in potential impressiveness of comet appearance) - it did in C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)'s...
Greetings, Was fortunate to observe two comets this morning 20th nov local time -19th UT Observed C/2004 Q2 Machholz and C/2003 K4 LINEAR from a dark sky...
Greetings, Was fortunate to observe two comets this morning 20th nov local time -19th UT Observed C/2004 Q2 Machholz and C/2003 K4 LINEAR Comets looked much...
Failed to include in this report that Comet Machholz was an fairly easy naked eye object - it was small/medium twinkling patch of nebulosity at zenith - in...
FYI A Comet Turns On (see below) info from Sky and Telescope email news. So what actually do they call this object- a comet or an asteroid? Dr. Eric Flescher...
I did a quick viewing session this morning, but slept a little later when I planned. C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) was easily visible, bright and elongated in 8x56...
Hi all, this is ancient history, but some of you may recall that I wrote an article on Comets LINEAR (2001 Q4) and NEAT's (2002 T7) close aspiration earlier...
Greetings all I took this color picture with the RGB pics with the Harvard scope I use. Comet Machholz if between 6-7 magnitude and possibly is expected to go...
Hi All, Just able to pick Q2 Machholz naked eye tonight, probably thanks to better seeing and being able to observe it higher in the sky, as the Moon rises...
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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Dec 1, 2004 9:37 pm
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I just joined the group. At this time I am imaging it from my balcony in Florida. So far, tail is not prominent. I'll have to process stacked images later to...
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