Hi all, According to MPEC-P07: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K07/K07P07.html 108P was recovered on 24/07/2007 by Ernesto and Giovanni and confirmed by our...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Aug 5, 2007 4:14 pm
Dear colleagues, Here is the list of interesting rendezvous in August. For more rendezvous events, please see: ...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Aug 6, 2007 5:01 pm
Dear colleagues, P/1990 V1 (Shoemaker-Levy 1) must be brightening rapidly, and is expected to be already bright as 16 mag or so. Although it is not observable...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Aug 6, 2007 5:01 pm
Dear colleagues, C/1999 R1 = C/2003 R5 ( SOHO ) is expected to return soon. http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/1999R1/2007.html The predicted perihelion date...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Aug 6, 2007 6:37 pm
I've just sent some recovery positions to the MPC for 46P Wirtanen (subject to their confirmation, of course!) Offset from prediction was +2.2' in RA, and...
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"Sebastian F. H€...
sfhoenig
Aug 6, 2007 6:56 pm
Seiichi and all, ... further information available here: http://tinyurl.com/2a42um Regards, Sebastian -- ... Sebastian F. Hoenig Max-Planck-Institut fuer...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Aug 6, 2007 7:16 pm
Hi Dave, what a coincidence! I've just submitted to the MPC "my recovery" of this comet in two nights (Aug. 04 & 05). I confirm exactly your offsets and...
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Carey Johnson
quarkcsj
Aug 7, 2007 2:07 am
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi? shows it as 13 AU from the Sun and headed outward for C/2003 R5 and 22 AU for C/1999 R1 Carey ... ...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Aug 7, 2007 2:09 am
Our observations are now reported on MPEC 2007-P16.... It will be interesting to see how this comet brightens - whether it reaches m1 of 9 as listed in the MPC...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Aug 7, 2007 5:25 am
Carey, ... because JPL has not adopted Sebastians link (published in A&A, see the preprint link on Seiichi's site) and treats both as different comets. This...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Aug 7, 2007 10:50 am
Hi Dave, usually I'm more confident for comet magnitude predictions looking at Yoshida website. In this case, his prediction are very close to that of the...
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Akimasa Nakamura
a-nakamu@...
Aug 7, 2007 12:00 pm
Hi Luca, ... Because its orbital elements have been improved, probably due to the significant offset from the initial prediction (delta-T = $B!\(B0.08 day). ...
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walcom77
Aug 7, 2007 12:01 pm
Hi Filip, Hi All Yes, we confirm that we have recovered 108P/Ciffreo on July 24.44 by means of a 0.25m, f/3.4 reflector + CCD (remotely, near Mayhill, NM). ...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Aug 7, 2007 2:05 pm
Dear Dave, et al., ... First off, congratulations on the recovery! ... I have observed this comet visually at m1 ~10-11 on each of the previous four returns,...
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Mr Wyatt
outbackmanyep
Aug 8, 2007 12:54 am
G'Day Alan, Has this comet ever been known to be brighter than mag 9 or so? Cheers! Chris W Walcha, NSW, Australia ... From: comets-ml@yahoogroups.com...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Aug 8, 2007 2:51 am
Dear Chris, ... About the brightest I've ever measured it is m1 ~9.5 -- some of the other observers may have gotten it slightly brighter. Based upon what it's...
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Carey Johnson
quarkcsj
Aug 9, 2007 5:22 am
Using the elements from Table 3, I've made an orbit diagram for the predicted 2007 passage. http://www.geocities.com/quarkcsj/P1999R1.html a very unfortunate...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Aug 9, 2007 5:58 am
Hi all, for those who have not already noticed I'd like to mention that there are now some more or less recent papers and articles available as pdf files. It...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Aug 9, 2007 1:35 pm
Dear all, recently (Aug. 05) I've observed this comet (congratulations even if in delay to Quanzhi) and I've noted a possible short and faint tail extending...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Aug 9, 2007 3:57 pm
My last observations were on July 25. I've restacked all 6 images, but there is no sign of any structure. Just a neat almost-stellar object. Dave Herald ...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Aug 9, 2007 6:04 pm
Dave, thanks for your reply. An image showing the possible structure is visible at this link: ...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Aug 9, 2007 7:40 pm
Comet Broughton C/2006 OF2 Still another faint comet, but this one shouldn't stay that way. It's currently over 13 months away from perihelion (only the third...
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rotorzilla_jp
Aug 10, 2007 9:43 am
I was observing Comet 93P Lovas 1 on the morning of Aug 9 I took 4 images about 30 minutes apart. Canary Island, 14inch SCT F6, SBIG ST-10XME CCD In the 3rd...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres78
Aug 10, 2007 10:14 am
Dear Tony, Well I think this bright state is not real. Maybe some reflection from star which is On edge of your image. Best regards, Maciej...
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ligustri rolando
astroligu2002
Aug 10, 2007 10:30 am
... Hi Tony, I don't know if I can help you: I have photographed the comet last night, http://comete.uai.it/comete/93P_070809_2259TU_5x180s.jpg but the sky was...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Aug 10, 2007 10:35 am
Tony, I think the same as Maciej, some reflections of a star just outside your FOV. It's nearly impossible that a comet would show an outburst like that in...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Aug 10, 2007 12:54 pm
Hi Rolando, I can confirm your observations. There is a tail extending 25" in PA 240°. Here you can see my image of 2007, Jul. 29. ...
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b48doher
Aug 10, 2007 2:29 pm
Hello Tony, ... what did you image between the second and third image? Was there another bright star at that pixel position? To me it looks like an RBI ...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Aug 13, 2007 2:10 pm
Hi all, ... are now some ... planned to ... <http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/icq/publ.html> Of course the first link should be changed into ...
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rotorzilla_jp
Aug 16, 2007 5:50 am
Thank you all for taking a look. I have come to find out that the telescope was targeting GC M30 before the bright image. Tony...
