Near Earth Asteroid at 0.023 AU from Earth. Take a ride on a 2 km wide asteroid high above the Moonlit cirrus clouds as it passes less than 9 times the...
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mackjulian
Apr 1, 2007 5:21 pm
Nice Carey! I did the same thing last night. http://www.mackjulian.com/astro/2006vv2.avi Mine is a dirty avi made with MaximDL, 11meg, from a series of 10 sec ...
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Carey Johnson
quarkcsj
Apr 2, 2007 9:11 am
CCD really seemed to be the way to go because of the full Moon. The DSLR's pick up the glow from the Moon a lot easier. Plus I had cirrus clouds that were...
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Carey Johnson
quarkcsj
Apr 2, 2007 9:38 am
Comet 96P/Machholz should be entering SOHO C3 images, but it looks like the images are behind. Carey ...
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Burkhard Leitner
kometarium
Apr 2, 2007 3:51 pm
Hello all, now the pictures are online and 96P has entered the field (lower left, since 20070401_1842). Burkhard ... like the ... ...
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Carey Johnson
quarkcsj
Apr 2, 2007 9:44 pm
Alot smaller than I had hoped. Looks like it just passed under the occultation disk arm heading UP. Carey ... ...
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Piotr Guzik
piotrek16
Apr 2, 2007 10:38 pm
... It is just more or less as expected. I would say 4-5 mag and remember this time it is not going to be as bright as last time (2002) when it reached to...
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amar10sharmaa
Apr 3, 2007 9:17 am
Hello All, I would like to ask what's happened to the latest SOHO image in the following link? Something is gone wrong with it, it appears as only half visible...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Apr 4, 2007 1:50 pm
Dear colleagues, Comet C/2006 P1 ( McNaught ) is now passing near by Small Magellanic Cloud. The comet still has a broad fan tail of several degrees. 2007 Apr....
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Apr 4, 2007 1:57 pm
Pity about the moon.... Dave Herald Canberra, Australia ... From: "Seiichi Yoshida" <comet@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Apr 4, 2007 7:17 pm
Dear list, I hope to have the chance to catch C/2007 E1 (Garradd) under dark skies over the Easter weekend. The comet will then be closest to Earth 1.5 months...
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gvnn64
Apr 5, 2007 11:56 am
... skies over the ... <snip> ... the evening ... Hi Maik, I would like to give it a try too, with my 30x125 binoculars; do you think that under dark mountain...
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vitalinevski
Apr 5, 2007 1:13 pm
... still to be ... Hello Maik! I observed visually this comet on March, 25 in 30-cm telescope. The estimation of brightness was 14.1m, I think now this comet...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Apr 5, 2007 8:03 pm
Giovanni, ... in addition to Vitali's information I can add that a recent image byy Michael Jaeger show indeed a large coma, but he thinks the comet is closer...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Apr 6, 2007 4:57 am
Dear Maik and all, My sky conditions weren't very good this evening -- lots of patchy cirrus clouds -- but the comet was still easily visible in the 41 cm...
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cometlynx
Apr 6, 2007 5:03 am
Hi everyone, I finally had clear, dark skies tonight and was able to spot E1 Garrad. My observation follows: Time: April 5, 2:30 UT Scope: 37cm reflector, 64x ...
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cometlynx
Apr 6, 2007 5:10 am
Sorry, I mistakenly dated my observation of E1 Garrad. It was observed on April 6, 2:30UT Thanks, Bob King...
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algwat
Apr 6, 2007 8:08 am
Gidday Mr Hale. 2P/Encke is also visible in the SECCHI/STEREO H1a imager. The images for Aril 5 are not yet released. It would be very interesting to compare...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres78
Apr 6, 2007 8:14 am
Alan, Please put some links. Searching will be slight difficult for slow-internet access users :) Thanks! Best regards, Maciej [Non-text portions of this...
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schmidtcamera2500
schmidtcamer...
Apr 6, 2007 8:24 am
Hi yesterday (apr 5 UT 19.00) we found on images a 40' tail. a photo is on the comet images list best regards michael & gerald...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Apr 6, 2007 8:53 am
Hi Alan, and all, ... this sounds really good. In fact I have received a new observation by Michael Jaeger under moonless skies and he now also estimates the...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Apr 6, 2007 11:12 am
... Seen it: it's beautiful! If I remember well, in the last few passages, it didn't developed a nice tail like this. Cheers, Giovanni ... Leggi GRATIS le tue...
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Ian Musgrave & Peta O...
ianfmusgrave
Apr 7, 2007 1:02 am
... Stereo Images directory http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/data/ins_data/secchi/L0/a/img/hi_1/ ... I couldn't see any comet in the early April 2 images,...
Gidday Ian, missed this bit... If the object looks like the photo I have added, see 2 new Photos, then yes that is 96P/Machholz, An animation is available...
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V. Nevski
vitalinevski
Apr 7, 2007 10:02 am
Dear colleagues! Comet C/2007E1 (Garradd) in a stage outburst? The comet was observed visually in 11-cm binokular. Comet very diffuse. 2007 Apr. 06.87 (UT):...
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Ian Musgrave & Peta O...
ianfmusgrave
Apr 7, 2007 2:03 pm
G'Day Allan ... Okay, I'll reveal my ignorance here. I'm assuming that the figures 69, 309 are pixels (not millimeters or pica or anything like that) from the...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Apr 7, 2007 3:29 pm
I've just taken some images for astrometric measurement. I've compared the images (5 sec exposures) with images taken on Mar 27 (20 sec exposures - it wasn't...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Apr 7, 2007 6:38 pm
Further to my earlier image, I've posted an image taken tonite at: http://tinyurl.com/2t7pmv The image size is about 6 arc mins square. The comet is very...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres78
Apr 7, 2007 6:52 pm
I confirm Dave's observations. No changes in brighteness. Only small linear rise due Earth-Comet geometry during last week. Comet is condensed but weak coma is...
