I would like to bring to the attention of the members of this group the existence of a Facebook group page that focusses on the pro-am collaborations and...
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lone_scope2000
May 16, 2013 4:48 pm
Got a brief text from Doc's wife to let me know the surgery went well but he is in quite a bit of pain which made for a rough night. Dave Birmingham...
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ejehin
May 16, 2013 4:48 pm
Hello, During our survey of faint comets with belgian robotic telescope TRAPPIST installed at ESO la Silla ...
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lone_scope2000
May 16, 2013 4:49 pm
Got a brief text from Doc's wife to let me know the surgery went well but he is in quite a bit of pain which made for a rough night. Dave Birmingham...
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Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
May 17, 2013 7:20 am
Yes, outburst. I imaged the comet near the Moon today. 2013 05 17.21 UT m1=12.1:C Dia.=&2.5' Compact center (40'' wide), Af(Rho) = 320 instead of past ~70 (10...
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terryjlovejoy
May 17, 2013 10:33 am
Lets hope for a speedy recovery for Doc Clay!...
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Bomber2 Panther
outbackmanyep
May 17, 2013 3:30 pm
Hi Artyom, I can confirm that. Difficult in moonlight,i made it out at m1= 12.6; Dia= 1.7' under moonlight at x83 using 10" dob. Transparency was average and...
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Soulier Jean-FranĂ...
jeffcomete
May 17, 2013 10:22 pm
Good evening. Measurements taken with a red filter Johnson / Cousins​​, R.o : 8", ech. : 2"/pix. TEL 0.30-m f/3 Newtonian reflector Coma : +/- 1'.10 x55" ...
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terryjlovejoy
May 18, 2013 3:39 am
I've noticed some brighter visual estimates of this comet around mag 13, which suggests an intrinsic brightness somewhere around 5-6. I hope this holds as...
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cnj999
May 18, 2013 4:36 am
Terry - Where are you finding these bright obs? I cannot find any estimates that are anywhere near magnitude 13. Could you enlighten me? If true, this is a...
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terryjlovejoy
May 18, 2013 11:22 am
Oh my mistake I was looking at observations of C/2010 S1 not C/2012 S1...Doh! There are just too many comets.......
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josephbrimacombe
josephbrimac...
May 20, 2013 12:22 am
Hi All Another widefield image of this magnifient comet. LINK http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/8754829903/ Clear, still skies Joe Joseph Brimacombe ...
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Bomber2 Panther
outbackmanyep
May 20, 2013 12:53 am
Hi Joe, Great image! Such a photogenic comet, such a nice long ion tail, keep em coming! Cheers, Chris W Walcha, NSW Australia...
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josephbrimacombe
josephbrimac...
May 20, 2013 12:58 am
Hi All Another widefield image: this time very close to Alrai LINK http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/8756057412/ Clear still skies Joe Joseph...
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Nick Evetts
bedfordshire...
May 20, 2013 9:08 am
a couple of my Panstarrs Images PANSTARRS (C/2012 K1) http://www.slooh.com/viewsnap_img.php?dl=0&img=3412546&s=4321&cid=54287&name=1&obs=1&date=1&taken=1 and...
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walcom77
May 20, 2013 7:48 pm
Hi All Our images of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) taken on May 2013 with the 2-meter Liverpool Telescope are being worked on as part of an ongoing collaboration by...
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cnj999
May 20, 2013 8:17 pm
Although I haven't read through all the posts included in the imaging section of the site to see if it has already been mention, for the benefit of all I...
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Bomber2 Panther
outbackmanyep
May 20, 2013 10:37 pm
Hi John, No doubt there will be many people imaging it, Rolando Ligustri and Damian Peach have been taking some spectacular images recently.I'm sure it won't...
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Rob
kaufman_rob
May 21, 2013 12:05 am
Very true Chris, there have been some magnificent shots. But the imaging scales may have to be widened as even now there is faint tail extending beyond the...
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Bomber2 Panther
outbackmanyep
May 21, 2013 12:20 am
Hi Rob, These two comets (L4 and F6) have been impressive, i hope they do require mosaics, so beautiful to look at! These guys have been able to work around...
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Lucian Hudin
cj79mki
May 21, 2013 6:54 am
Hello, I took an hour of 2 min exposures of C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) near the 4.7 mag. star HIP 112519, last night (about 2013-05-20 0-1UT) with a 300mm f/5.6...
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skyweek
May 21, 2013 7:35 am
The authors of http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2621 - promoted by http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/05/21/3761473.htm - think so, but hasn't Main Belt...
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Bomber2 Panther
outbackmanyep
May 21, 2013 9:07 am
Nice image Lucian, looks like you'll definitely need that smaller image scale! Cheers, Chris W...
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Bob King
cometlynx
May 21, 2013 4:11 pm
Hi John and all, I checked the JPL Horizon orbital diagram for Comet C/2011 L4 and don't see how Earth is intersecting the comet's orbital plane later this...
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Jean Meeus
jmeeus@...
May 21, 2013 4:25 pm
This is a reply to the question asked by Bob King. The Earth does not need to go through the plane of the solar system. The longitude of the ascending node of...
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Bob King
cometlynx
May 21, 2013 4:38 pm
Dear Jean, Of course - that makes perfect sense! Thank you. My problem was I wasn't thinking in 3 dimensions. So one last question. Is the long tail we ...
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cnj999
May 21, 2013 7:04 pm
Hi Bob, The anomalous tail is comprised of dust that has been ejected generally in an anti-solar direction from the nucleus in past weeks and months, the ...
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skyweek
May 22, 2013 12:04 am
Please 'admire' http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~dfischer/ison/ on which I spent the last few hours, in order to 'visualize' the viewing conditions for a certain...
