Dear colleagues, http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html Please observe 144P/Kushida. It must be brightening rapidly, and already around 18 mag. This...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Aug 2, 2008 12:34 am
Comet 19P/Borrelly I had planned to travel to Devon Island for the total solar eclipse on August 1, partially in hopes of observing any comets that might be...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Aug 2, 2008 12:38 am
Dear colleagues, Some interesting rendezvous in August: http://www.aerith.net/comet/rendezvous/current.html * Comet Holmes and Borrelly will be close in the...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Aug 2, 2008 3:36 am
... Dear Seiichi Yoshida, we tried to image 144P/Kushida on 2008, Aug. 2.1, but without success. Limiting magnitude was about 18.5. Cheers, Giovanni Sostero...
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Juan Jose Gonzalez Su...
jjgsgp
Aug 2, 2008 10:03 am
6P/d'Arrest: 2008 Aug. 1.95 UT: m1=10.8, Dia.=4', DC=2, 20 cm SCT (100x). [ Clearly brighter than a week ago. Large, diffuse outer coma surrounding the central...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Aug 2, 2008 2:00 pm
Hello, we have updated our blog with a note about the new comet C/2008 O2 (McNaught): http://remanzacco.blogspot.com/ Cheers, Giovanni, Ernesto and Gustavo...
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gvnn64
Aug 3, 2008 4:30 am
This morning we imaged again 51P/Harrington (details on image): http://tinyurl.com/5u5b25 The total magnitude m1 is nearly 15.2, while the central condensation...
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Josep M. Aymamí
pepineus
Aug 3, 2008 10:34 am
Dear all, Took some images of C/2007 W1 Boattini last night after seeing the phenomenal detail of the innner comma published in this list. The comet's ...
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Rick H.
dently2000
Aug 4, 2008 4:42 am
I spent last evening imaging comet Lulin (C/2007 N3). It's only the third faint comet I've ever attempted to image. This morning I was looking at...
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John Drummond
john_drummon...
Aug 4, 2008 5:30 am
Hi Rick, I did some astrometry of Lulin on July 22 and it was sitting pretty close to where it should be - according to my MPC updated GUIDE software program....
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Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Aug 4, 2008 5:33 am
Also, check you are using the correct topocentric coordinates (latitude, longitude and height) for your observatory in creating the ephemeris. Cheers, Rob ...
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gus muler telefón...
gustavo_muler
Aug 4, 2008 8:25 am
Yesterday nigth; observing comets, I realize the outburst from comet 199P Shoemaker, from my last observation in MPC Dates of last observation of comets, in...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Aug 4, 2008 10:27 am
Hello Gustavo, as for your request, few hours ago we performed some follow-up of this comet remotely from RAS (NM), and we can confirm the current bright phase...
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algwat
Aug 4, 2008 11:38 am
Gidday Rick and all, I took this image tonight, The green sploch looks to be in the right spot. Lulin is very close to jupiter tonight, should be easy to star ...
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ligustri rolando
astroligu2002
Aug 4, 2008 6:16 pm
Hi at all, at this address http://comete.uai.it/67p/67P_080804.jpg I have inserted an image taked this evening from Australia. the photo is average of...
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Juan Jose Gonzalez Su...
jjgsgp
Aug 5, 2008 5:10 am
6P/d'Arrest: 2008 Aug. 5.00 UT: m1=9.6, Dia.=8', DC=1, 25x100B. [ In 20 cm SCT (77x): m1=9.8 ]. 199P/Shoemaker: 2008 Aug. 4.92 UT: m1=14.4, Dia.=0.2', DC=8,...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Aug 5, 2008 7:21 am
Dear list, 2007W1 2008 08 05.06 S 7.3 TK 5.0B 10 15 3 ICQ XX MEY this cryptic line is -- after a little more than 20 years -- my 1000th formal comet...
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gus muler telefónica
gustavo_muler
Aug 5, 2008 7:47 am
congratulations, then !!! hope you get the 3000!!! viele Glück ! and best regards,sincerely, gustavo!!! ... From: Maik Meyer To: comets-ml@yahoogroups.com ...
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Josep M. Aymamí
pepineus
Aug 5, 2008 10:34 am
Dear Mike, Congratulations ! (I concur with you on the Hyakutake experience. It is the single most wonderfuI phenomenon I've ever observed so far as an amateur...
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Jose Pablo Navarro Pina
darkman71es
Aug 5, 2008 2:05 pm
Hi Maik , Congratulations , very good job , since november at age 14 years 1985 - april 2005 i have observed comets visuallly , my first visual is comet...
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JS & EJ Gifford
jsg388
Aug 5, 2008 2:11 pm
Congratulations Maik, Having passed through Frankfurt two weeks ago and looked up at the skies there I think your next 1000 will need a lot more travel. My...
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cnj999
Aug 5, 2008 3:19 pm
Congratulations Maik! Here's hoping for several more such milestones in your observing career. Since it appears to be tally-up time, let me offer the...
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Mike Mattei
micmattei
Aug 6, 2008 12:48 am
Hi Rick You might want to trey this site which has comet positions that are very accurate, I use this all the time for my observations. ...
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Juan Antonio HenrÃ...
jahensan
Aug 6, 2008 1:29 am
Congratulations! It's a really impressive milestone... Quantity and quality is present in your oobservations. 1000...2000...3000 and much more :-) Greetings ...
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Mike Mattei
micmattei
Aug 6, 2008 1:33 am
Congratulations Maik. I have not so many comet observations as others have reported but I do remember comet Hyakutake, the greatest comet of our time. I can...
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Bob King
cometlynx
Aug 6, 2008 2:12 am
Great work, Maik! People on this list count on people like you to help us better know what to expect when hunting our favorite comets. I've never tallied my...
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Rick H.
dently2000
Aug 6, 2008 4:43 am
Thanks for all the help. My next task is to find a source for star magnitude charts, preferably online. Thanks in advance!...
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Greg Crinklaw
theskyhound
Aug 6, 2008 4:43 am
... I would like to suggest that which one you prefer is a matter of personal taste. I would hope you are not implying that everyone who disagrees with you is...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Aug 6, 2008 5:33 am
Dear Maik, Allow me to add my voice to the chorus of congratulations on reaching a significant comet observing milestone. May there be a few thousand more ...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Aug 6, 2008 6:57 am
Dear list, thanks to all the congratulations. I am impressed by the numbers presented here by John and Alan. To be realistic I think this is a number I will...
