great report Timo! I was thinking the components B and C of 73P/SW3 are technically different comets? and were very briefly marginally NE from a perfect...
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Brian Cudnik
brian_cudnik
Jan 1, 2008 7:29 pm
I saw two naked eye comets with ~25 degrees of each other around 5h UT 31 December 2007 from the Dark Site observatory of the Houston Astronomical Society...
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KCStarguy@...
kcstarguy2001
Jan 1, 2008 10:44 pm
clickable links are on my blog (E.O.A.S.blog) http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/ ** A few years ago, I researched the subject of the Star of Bethlehem for...
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joshua@...
opennewscast
Jan 1, 2008 10:50 pm
I will never understamd the motivations for explaining the so-called "Christmas Star". Do some research on the Synoptic Gospels. You will find that Matthew And...
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Rodney Austin
rodcomet
Jan 2, 2008 12:03 am
Ditto! The "star", assuming it ever existed as a specific object beyond the imagination or assumptions of the Gospel writer; is of no practical or relevance...
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clearshot04
Jan 2, 2008 12:27 am
Are you kidding? these clowns cant even get on TBN. OH wait maybe they did. Respectfully James--- In comets- ... called ... Matthew And ... added their ... ...
Dear colleagues, I updated the light curve of 17P/Holmes up to now: http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/0017P/2007.html Comet Holmes did not fade at all since...
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Jan 2, 2008 3:48 am
Dear all, The Star of Bethlehem is only mentioned (in passing) in Matthew's gospel, which scholars agree was written mainly for Jews and carries the message...
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cnj999
Jan 2, 2008 5:27 am
... Although this is indeed suggested by the majority of the reported observations, if accepted as real, it raises some troubling questions with regard to what...
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discoverer98
Jan 2, 2008 6:00 am
John, The summation of both 1.the large apparent size of the coma and 2.the combined brightnesses of all the stars and galaxies seen through the coma (as 17P...
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kdconod
Jan 2, 2008 6:36 am
This thread seems to be drifting off into dangerously off topic...best to tack before it runs aground! Kevin Conod kdconod@... [Non-text portions of this...
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Peter Brunone
peter_brunone
Jan 2, 2008 6:36 am
... Why would you say that? If it did exist, I would think a great many people would love to know about it. Cheers, Peter [Non-text portions of this message...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jan 2, 2008 6:42 am
Happy New Year to all, ... as a moderator I have to say that I fear the same and would ask all to try to end this thread. Politics and religion are the most...
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ligustri rolando
astroligu2002
Jan 2, 2008 8:42 am
Hi at all. I try to give one contribution of mine on this comet photographed last night also from Talmassons: http://comete.uai.it/8p/8P_080101.jpg Then, with...
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Bob King
cometlynx
Jan 2, 2008 2:20 pm
Hello John and all, Thank you for bringing this topic up John as I've been wondering about it too. Most observers would probably agree that 17P is considerably...
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tricks46
Jan 2, 2008 5:44 pm
Any news on this? Haven't imaged the comet in a week or so. Finished reading Mr. Bortle's article in S&T (which just arrived) and according to this 72 days...
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tricks46
Jan 2, 2008 5:44 pm
Any news on this? Haven't imaged the comet in a week or so. Finished reading Mr. Bortle's article in S&T (which just arrived) and according to this 72 days...
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tricks46
Jan 2, 2008 5:44 pm
Any news on this? Haven't imaged the comet in a week or so. Finished reading Mr. Bortle's article in S&T (which just arrived) and according to this 72 days...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jan 2, 2008 6:05 pm
Comet 17P (m2) has been pretty consistent in our measurements during astrometry sessions over the past two weeks, not fading nor brightening. As of last night...
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ligustri rolando
astroligu2002
Jan 2, 2008 6:32 pm
... Hi Mike, honestly I don't know what has happened. it considers that they are many days, that here from me, it is clear and that use always the same setup. ...
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RICHARD MILES
gallileo99uk
Jan 2, 2008 6:33 pm
Dear Bob, John, Patrick and all, I have been securing two-colour (V- and I-band) imaging of 17P/Holmes for many nights now and am proposing to apply the...
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ligustri rolando
astroligu2002
Jan 2, 2008 7:00 pm
... I had not thought there... or better, I had made only a summary control to see, if nearby, there was not a star. now that you have pointed out me him, I...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jan 2, 2008 7:03 pm
Hi John, and all, ... I don't think that this should happen to experienced observers and in fact many observers, which I would call experienced, have now their...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jan 2, 2008 7:10 pm
Hi all, ... I don't think it very likely that the comet will have a second outburst (but would be happy to be proven wrong). It would need an interesting...
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dfischer@...
skyweek
Jan 2, 2008 7:18 pm
According to one major review of cometary outbursts by D. Hughes from 1990 - free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990QJRAS..31...69H - the most dramatic ...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jan 2, 2008 7:26 pm
Hi Daniel, ... thanks or pointing this out. Reality and statistics (or probability) seem to match not very often. Cheers, Maik -- If they give you ruled paper,...
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Gabor Santa
santage@...
Jan 3, 2008 12:52 pm
Hi all, I have updated my drawing gallery: Available galleries: Moon and planet, Comet (17P, C62007 F1, C/2007 T1) and Deepsky ...
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cnj999
Jan 3, 2008 1:32 pm
... Unfortunately, Patrick, while this may be true of electronic magnitude determinations, such an explanation is not applicable in explaining the situation...
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Brian Cudnik
brian_cudnik
Jan 3, 2008 2:48 pm
Two thoughts on the matter: Electronically- I am wondering if it would be possible (come to think of it...I know it is possible) to write a program to...
