Hi all, on 2006, Nov. 30.11 we measured C/2006 W3 (Christensen): we found it at R~ 18.1 +/- 0.2 (0.45m rflector + CCD); this is a bit brighter compared to the...
11015
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Dec 1, 2006 5:04 pm
... This is an interesting result, but I want to make clear that with the systematic measurement of m1 from short exposures with the Uppsala Schmidt (not m2 or...
11016
gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Dec 1, 2006 7:15 pm
P.S. I forgot to mention that Michael's data has been obtained on a number of nights, with a combination of two different CCD's and scopes. Giovanni ... Passa...
11017
Robert Warren
cometman_75@...
Dec 1, 2006 7:37 pm
Hello everyone, Has anyone heard of any bright meteor over the SouthEastern Tennessee area over the past three days? I have not seen anything on any of the...
11018
gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Dec 1, 2006 9:13 pm
Hi Robert, the data reduction method used is the same for both data sets. The difference, as you pointed out, is mainly in the equipment, and in the parameters...
11019
Mark S Deprest
msdeprest
Dec 2, 2006 12:42 am
I was wondering if Seiichi Yoshida is okay, he hasn't updated his website since November 18th. Maybe he's just out hunting down comets and too busy to update...
11020
Terry Lovejoy
terryjlovejoy
Dec 2, 2006 9:28 am
Thank you for posting, I notice that the last afrho values for P1 are close to double 2002 V1 at the same distance from the sun. I hope that trend continues...
11021
gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Dec 2, 2006 11:32 am
Hi Robert and all, I obtained an additional observation from Antonio Milani. This further data point has been inserted on the graph I posted yesterday: ...
11022
gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Dec 2, 2006 1:44 pm
Addendum: I insert in the plot also the Log (Afrho) values Vs. heliocentric distances (black data points): http://tinyurl.com/yhnko3 I think that this display...
11023
Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Dec 2, 2006 4:43 pm
Dear Mark S Deprest, ... Execuse me. I had been too busy, not because hunting or observing comets, but because of my job... Anyway, today I updated most of my...
11024
Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Dec 2, 2006 4:51 pm
Dear colleagues, Very bright supernova 2006mq, still bright as 13 mag even 40 days after the maximum, was extremely close by Comet C/2005 EL173 ( LONEOS ) on...
11025
Orlando Ben€ ¦ítez S€...
avejerilla
Dec 3, 2006 6:30 pm
Dears Sirs: I send the information about the II INTERNATIONAL "ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE" 2006 AWARD from the Agrupación Astronómica de Gran Canaria. Spain. We are...
11026
gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Dec 4, 2006 11:42 am
Hi all, thanks to Mike Holloway, I inserted a further data point in the C/2006 P1 lightcurve. Expecially the last couple of observations (A. Milani and M....
11027
Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Dec 5, 2006 3:07 am
Dear colleagues, Here is the list of interesting rendezvous in December. For more rendezvous events, please see: ...
11028
Mike Holloway
tricks46
Dec 5, 2006 10:35 pm
Hello. I understand this is subject to change but I can get a better perspective of how an object is moving looking at this animation. It looks at this time...
11029
Carey Johnson
quarkcsj
Dec 6, 2006 2:42 am
Wow, that would have been close. Carey ... _________________________________________________________________ Get the latest Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Beta...
11030
Mr Wyatt
outbackmanyep
Dec 6, 2006 10:55 am
G'Day Mike! That link didnt work for me! Is there another one?? Cheers! Chris W ... From: comets-ml@yahoogroups.com [mailto:comets-ml@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf...
And that third link didn't cut it for me either. It looks like a typo in the link. Try this: <http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?sstr=C%2F2006 ...
11033
Mike Holloway
tricks46
Dec 6, 2006 10:02 pm
This might work for a while. http://tinyurl.com/ydbkud ... of...
11034
Phil
piceahill
Dec 8, 2006 2:43 pm
When I saw the image of C/2006 P1 at only 18 degrees elongation, I couldn't help but notice on the ephemeris that its elongation isn't going to get much below...
11035
Juan Jose Gonzalez Su...
jjgsgp
Dec 8, 2006 8:51 pm
Phil, After my previous magnitude estimate ( 9.1, November 16th ), I´m still going on trying to observe C/2006 P1 in twilight ( weather permitting ). If the...
11036
amar sharma
amar10sharmaa
Dec 9, 2006 6:53 am
What is the best location/latitude from which this is visible currently? It seems that it's still visible and being imaged by some members here, inspite of...
11037
Terry Lovejoy
terryjlovejoy
Dec 9, 2006 11:15 am
Its going to favour people at higher Northern latitudes as the comet moves more north of the sun. ALthough its only 16 or less degrees from the sun a few...
11038
amar sharma
amar10sharmaa
Dec 9, 2006 6:00 pm
Thanks a lot Terry for replying. Hmm..deep in twilight, that's going to be fun and challenging, hunting it down for the northern observers! Some more questions...
11039
Piotr Guzik
piotrek16
Dec 9, 2006 7:47 pm
Amar, ... Unfortunately there aren't any formulae... Usually the tail is much longer and brighter for comets with small perihelion distance and with high...
11040
Charles Bell
quantumhyper...
Dec 9, 2006 9:27 pm
C/2006 P1 is moving toward the south in declination: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2006P1.html ... from ... twilight)....
11041
Terry Lovejoy
terryjlovejoy
Dec 9, 2006 10:12 pm
Yes but relative to the sun it is moving into a more northerly aspect, towards solar conjunction. Its the relative declination of the comet to the sun, and...
11042
Charles Bell
quantumhyper...
Dec 9, 2006 10:29 pm
Thank you Terry, I understand what you meant now. ... aspect, ... comet ... visibility. ... favoured....
11043
Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Dec 11, 2006 7:34 am
... Last month I gave a listing of optimum latitudes for visibility of C/2006 P1 at nautical twilight. Given that the comet appears to continue its unusually...
