Dear Group, I have captured 9 comets last night (on 1/2 Jul 2008) from Szeged Observatory, Hungary. Instruments: 40cm Newtonian+CCD. Targets was: C/2005 L3 -...
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James R. Schofer
clearshot04
Jul 3, 2008 4:18 am
Great work Gabor My limited magnitude depending on conditions is around 18 and was unable to pic up 2008L2 or 2007W3, I would also put a DC value on 6P at 7...
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Gabor Santa
santa.gabor
Jul 3, 2008 9:11 am
Thanks James, From the University's observatory in Szeged we usually can reach 18 mag as you, but on 1st Jul was very clear night without moon. Try L2, it is...
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ligustri rolando
astroligu2002
Jul 3, 2008 8:08 pm
Hi at all, at this address I have inserted an image of comet 67P http://comete.uai.it/67p/67P_080703.jpg photography was done remotely(AU) through the system ...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Jul 3, 2008 10:52 pm
Hello everyone, Most of you who have been working with me on "Countdown" are probably aware that I have an "update" page ...
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jpab@...
darkman71es
Jul 4, 2008 4:56 am
Hi all , Update the visual light curve of comet C/2007 W1 Boattini , http://webs.ono.com/jpab The radio nucleus estimated the relationship Delsemme ( 1987 ) r...
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gvnn64
Jul 4, 2008 1:27 pm
... mag Hello Maik and all, thanks to Gustavo, you can find an updated analysis of this comet in or blog: http://remanzacco.blogspot.com/ A pretty unusual...
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gustavo_muler
Jul 5, 2008 1:17 pm
This morning, shooting the boattini, I find the same shape of butterfly like before going to round the sun. Processed by Giovanni Sostero ( many thanks !) one...
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Brian Cudnik
brian_cudnik
Jul 5, 2008 8:07 pm
I barely got to see this comet in twilight (10:45UT) July 4th...it looked like a large round (almost spherical) haze visually, with only a modest condensation....
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Jul 6, 2008 4:27 am
Interesting. A month ago I posted an image taken on June 6 at:http://tinyurl.com/5rhx9a That image shows the same general shape of the come - except the...
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gustavo_muler
Jul 6, 2008 8:23 am
this morning was impossible to watch. Clowdy again- if anyone shoot it will be agreed, tomorrow I´ll try again. regards to all, gustavo. ... ...
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Juan Antonio Henrí...
jahensan
Jul 6, 2008 11:00 am
Hello, The return of W1 after perihelion was a great unknown, and it was necessary to observe. Well done Gustavo and Giovanni ... Greetings, Juan A.Henríquez ...
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gvnn64
Jul 7, 2008 11:44 am
... might give some ... My impression is that, if we take the ion tail axis as a reference, these "wings" has kept their configuration since last May: nearly ...
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hmays8363
Jul 8, 2008 4:37 am
I was just wondering if anyone out there saw Comet Arend-Roland in the mid-fifties. It was my first comet and I thought it was very impressive. Yes I am older,...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Jul 8, 2008 9:36 am
Hello, just wanted to point out a curious circumstance: the current aspect of C/2008 J1 (Boattini): http://tinyurl.com/67srs2 shares some resemblances with...
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KEN WILLOUGHBY
ken948223
Jul 8, 2008 10:23 am
It was my first comet too! Never forget the famous spike. Ken. hmays8363 <hmays8363@...> wrote: I was just wondering if anyone out there saw Comet...
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gustavo_muler
Jul 8, 2008 11:01 am
hello list ! thank you juan antonio and Giovanni...! I´ve post it before, but I cannot see it in the list. this morning I get very interesting photos of the...
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john@...
johnlmenke
Jul 8, 2008 2:21 pm
Yeah, I saw the comet. But also met with cloudy skies, poor visibility, etc, etc, and so never did see that anti-tail. I learn very slow--I'm still fighting...
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KEN WILLOUGHBY
ken948223
Jul 8, 2008 3:27 pm
I'm in Pontefract, West Yorkshire and had a really good view of it for a week or so whilst it was around. Ken. john@... wrote: Yeah, I saw the...
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Juan Jose Gonzalez Su...
jjgsgp
Jul 8, 2008 5:10 pm
C/2007 N3 (Lulin): 2008 July 8.06 UT: m1=11.5, Dia.=1.7', DC=5, 20 cm SCT (77x). [ Comet clearly fainter than it was ten days ago ]. C/2008 J1 (Boattini): 2008...
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cnj999
Jul 8, 2008 7:00 pm
Ah yes, Comet Arend-Roland, the first major comet I actually followed and seriously observed. Quite a beautiful and interesting looking object and since not...
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grunwalder2002
Jul 9, 2008 4:09 am
The Computation Facility's webserver has apparently died, resulting in the unavailability of all CfA, SAO, MPC, CBAT and ICQ pages hosted on that machine. I...
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pegasus_4449
Jul 9, 2008 4:34 am
I was interested in astronomy before I saw Arend-Roland. Seeing it "clinched"; my interest and I've been an armchair astronomer ever since. I didn't know its...
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John C McConnell
johnmc9929
Jul 9, 2008 2:12 pm
This was the comet that started my interest in astronomy which I hold to this day. Though I didn't know it at the time, (I was only eleven) some of the best...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 9, 2008 2:30 pm
Although seeing the comet as a young man was a memorable sight and inspiring to say the least, the appearance of the image of it several months later (it took...
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Jul 10, 2008 1:47 am
Clay and all, I didn't see Arend-Roland (wrong part of the world) but I do remember the old S&T Christmas ads for Unitron 60-mm. I also liked their other ad on...
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Harry Mays
hmays8363
Jul 10, 2008 4:20 am
Thanks for the feedback gentlemen. It is wonderful to know there are folks out there who actually saw Arend-Roland. OK, I'll admit I didn't know what it was...
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gustavo_muler
Jul 11, 2008 10:19 am
HELLO ! just shoot it this morning, and the structures are still there. an image... ...
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Akimasa Nakamura
nakamura10633@...
Jul 11, 2008 1:04 pm
Dear all, I have noticed the following observations were published on MPEC 2008-N31. 0085P C2008 07 05.06045 20 43 55.52 -23 29 15.3 17.9 N...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Jul 11, 2008 1:23 pm
Dear Nakamura-san. We are very surprised, too, about this recovery! ... We tried the recovery of 85P during several nights, along the past few months, the...
