Hello All, Below are updated magnitude estimates/reports, on current bright comets, from leading comet observer J. J. Gonzalez, from Aralla, Leon, N. Spain. In...
Hello All, Posting this after considerable delay. On 4th September, I had gone for observing in attempt of atleast 6 comets, visible in 8" scope range. The...
Here is just a round up of comets which are bright this month, from the sources mentioned below. Infact when I kept a track of them earlier this month, we had...
thanks, nice info i m still fighting with clouds !!! ... From: Amar <amar_universe@...> Subject: [comet_observing_india] September 2008's comets To:...
Slightly early to post here, however could not resist. This is where I currently stand...9 down: http://www.earthriseinstitute.org/comobservers.html And this...
Hi Amar, I am way back in list from you with 3, waiting for Clouds to clear for some more observing and drawings :) Clear skies!! Bhargav ... From: Amar...
Hi, Thats alright. Time will get you back on track. With comets its always a gamble involving luck and weather, since these celestial visitors come...and go. ...
Hi amar, Good Sketches, I have just overview on it if have some comments i will write you, I have yet not digitize my drawings, i wish i could spare some time...
Hi Bhargav, Thats impressive! You must have got quite a good judgement over the years about sketching. 85 Messiers, and daily comet drawings is not something...
... visitors..just banking on clear skies. Thanking You. Amar. ... I had prepared 10 finder charts for comets to be 'attempted' knowing many will be difficult,...
The latest observed magnitude estimates have come in by an experienced comet observer from Spain (J. J. Gonzalez). 6P/d'Arrest: m=8.5 7P/Pons-Winnecke: m=11.0 ...
October is a blessed month for medium to large aperture, and even small telescope owners, to glimpse as many celestial tailed visitors. The list below...
Here is an image of the recent and currently brightest comet McNaught (somewhere 8th magnitude). The image is taken on 2008/10/18 by a comet enthusiast, Mike...
Hi All, Being part of Alan Hale's (of the Comet Hale Bopp fame) 'Countdown to 500 comets' program, finally I've managed to reach this awaited spot. Comet A1...
Greetings, Maybe some of you are aware of the The First "Earth and Sky" Astrophoto Contest which was posted on this list, sometime back in September. The...
International conference Asteroid-Comet Hazard – 2009  The Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Saint Petersburg...
NASA's Swift Looks to Comets for a Cool View 12.03.08 NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite rocketed into space in 2004 on a mission to study some of the...
Here is a quick review of what's how bright, for this month's period. Â 1) C/2006 W3 (Christensen) is reported at below (just brighter) than 10th magnitude....
A new update : An observing session yesterday far outside Mumbai under dark skies revealed periodic Comet Kushida in Taurus quite easily. That too with a 10x50...
On the very cold morning of 8th at 4:30am, I spent some 35 minutes at the eyepiece of my telescope for comet hunting. The sky was really very clear. Then at...
Hello All, The inputs of this survey would be very useful for some course of action being planned. Until now I've been able to search for only known comets,...
Here is a negative image of Comet Lulin displaying intricate ion / gas tails to the right and the dust (now an anti-tail) to the left. The bright star must be...
Hello All, Here are some comet observations and attempts I made on 21st's observing session, with two observing friends. I could see 3 comets out of 6, one...
Hello Fellow Astronuts, Wind - nil Clouds - nil Seeing - 10/10 Limiting magnitude - pretty good after the moon had set (did not observe/calculate :) Dust &...
Hello All, Â I was for a memorable week at a remote resort in Coorg, Karnataka Western Ghats (a famous tourist spot) for an outreach event of 8th std students...
Dear Astronomy enthusiast, You may be aware that the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore, is hosting the meeting of the Astronomical Society of ...
I got to observe Lulin today dawn from our sky observing site. It's core was just a fraction fainter than M13 (5.9 mag) hence I place it at 6.1 mag. The...
Hello All,Here is a compilation (from archives) of all my observations and attempts at C/2007 N3 (Lulin) in the few occasions that I have managed to get....
Just an update of the latest Lulin obs on Saturday night. It is anyway mentioned in the blog link in my last post :- It was a big BAS star party with 15...
