Perihelion at 0.36 AU not before April 2013. Taking the current CCD mags this
could
mean a 2 mag comet around perihelion, but badly placed around the time of
maximum
brightness. Given the fact that the absolute magnitude is currently
underestimated
it might be even brighter... if, yes, if it behaves well. ;) For northern
hemisphere observers the post-perihelion leg will be best.
Interestingly the MOID to Jupiter is only 0.013 AU!
Hello all, what a promising discovery! Perihelion at 0.36 AU not before April 2013. Taking the current CCD mags this could mean a 2 mag comet around...
Hi Maik and all, It is really a potential promising comet given its current calculated orbital elements. I also fed those astrometric observations into...
Welcome to this comet !! Frans van Loo Genk. B. ... From: "Maik Meyer" <maik@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011...
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Jun 8, 2011 7:58 pm
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Hi all, I would be a bit pesimistic in this case, the comet seems to be dynamically new, and that indicate slower brightening rate. In that case it could have ...
Looks like it might have good proximity to STEREOB In the FOV of Stereo Cor2B Universal Time: 4/22/2013 08:00:00 Distance from observer(STEREOB): 0.664142941...
Hello all, I was hoping most here know that the comet can be a total disappointment or a nice, bright object. It is just too early to be sure or to give firm...
Hi Maik, and all, It's a shame that you have to include something like this on a comets-ml post, but considering all the nonsense we're currently seeing with...
Hi all We have just updated the blog with our confirmation image of this promising comet: C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) http://bit.ly/mFbhWa Ciao, Ernesto Guido &...
I, too, remember the Heaven's Gate incident. At the time I was a graduate student at San Diego State University and had decided to study Comet Hale-Bopp as my...
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Hi Rod, I can sum it up in one sentence "People are stupid!" They are everywhere, and the media put it out there, so who's the bigger idiot?....it's a fine...
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... I'll have to apologize for the confusion since it seams it is the result of how I constructed my blog. I should have made it clear that the two blogs were...
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