Hi ??, ... as usual, up-to-data data can be found in our sister group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CometObs/ Cheers, Maik -- If they give you ruled paper,...
Hi everyone, As we now all know this has been announced as C/2008 J1 Boattini. (Congratulations to Andrea!) I visually observed the comet this morning at...
Dear all, I just observed this object at its forecast position, moving at roughly 2"/min. Its aspect is that of a comet, with a short fan-like tail of 16" at...
Dear all, I just observed this object at its forecast position, moving at roughly 2"/min. Its aspect is that of a comet, with a short fan-like tail of 16" at ...
Congratulation! You have the coordinates and the éphémérides of the object? it is not any more in the list of the NEOCP regards, Francois Kugel #A77...
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Comet Boattini C/2008 J1 We already have one Comet Boattini in our skies, which is rapidly becoming a bright and interesting object. Now we have a second one,...
Dear list, one of the most interesting returns in 2008/09 is comet 85P/Boethin. This is the third observed return. The comet reached 7-8 mag in 1985/86 but was...
Hi All you might be interested about our recovery of periodic comet 15P/Finlay. More information about this comet and the recovery image are available here: ...
Hi all, ... I have made a quick evaluation of the lightcurves of both observed apparitions. The result is not very conclusive. The discovery apparition...
How is Maik's enthusiasm justified in the light of this: http://epoxi.umd.edu/7press/news/20071213c.shtml - "comet 85P/Boethin has apparently disappeared [...]...
Hi Daniel, and all, ... although it is quite impressive what was done by Karen Meech and co-workers to recover 85P (and she is THE expert in detecting faint or...
Hello all, I am surprised that they could find anything at all, given the high uncertainty of comet 85P Boethins orbit. The 2 close approaches to Jupiter...
Greetings all; With my visual comet hunting activities for the month of April 2008, I have now completed 400 consecutive months of systematic comet hunting....
Hi Don Nice work with the website, and fascinating records of your hunting success. An inspirational site! Happy hunting Martin Mc Kenna N. Ireland Don...
Congratulations, and thank you for your great work... Your example, is a reference for us. Greetings, Juan Antonio Henríquez Santana Obs.Atlante J51 ...
I imaged this slowly moving object of mag. 15 on the NEOCP list. Its aspect is at the very least very suspicious. ...
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May 7, 2008 12:33 am
I really don't want to curb anyone's enthusiasm, but I wonder if it is prudent to discuss the possible cometary nature of an as yet unannounced discovery, in...
... Hello Robert, I completely agree with you in this poiny: is better to send this kind of comments privately, in order to avoid any bias in other observers. ...
