Stefan, My email to you keeps bouncing. Please contact me at this email address. -Rik...
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Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
Jan 2, 2009 9:02 am
Hello all! P/2008 X4 (Christensen) 2009 Jan. 01.62 UT: m1=[6.0 ...13-cm L (33x) ...A. Novichonok, Konchezero, Russia I tried to observe the comet that still...
15200
schmidtcamera2500
schmidtcamer...
Jan 2, 2009 9:52 am
Hello Artyom 2008 X4 is in the morning sky. Michael...
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Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
Jan 2, 2009 10:35 am
Sorry(( Thank you, Michael! I used an incorrect ephemeride and confused position of P/2008 X4. Therefore, the estimate of this comet in my last message is ...
15202
Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
Jan 2, 2009 10:05 pm
Hello all! I have analysed a light curve for a comet 144P/Kushida. http://www.visualcomets.narod.ru/periodic/00144/144p-integr.GIF Regards, Artyom....
15203
Alan Hale
ahale15
Jan 4, 2009 5:33 am
Comet 210P/Christensen P/2008 X4 Happy New Year! I started off the International Year of Astronomy by adding a rather unusual comet to my "Countdown" tally....
15204
Juan Jose Gonzalez Su...
jjgsgp
Jan 4, 2009 9:28 am
Another visual estimate of this very interesting comet: P/2008 X4 (Christensen): 2009 Jan. 4.26 UT: m1=10.1, Dia.=2.2', DC=5, 20 cm SCT (100x). [ Mountain...
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Jose Pablo Navarro Pina
darkman71es
Jan 4, 2009 6:20 pm
Hi all , my personal analysis from the light visual curve of comet C/2007 N3 LULIN : m1= 4.5 + 5 log (delta ) + 13.39 log ( R ) Navarro Pina ..... 50 +/- 0.88...
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Michael Mattiazzo
cometmanau
Jan 5, 2009 11:07 am
Hello folks, I wonder if anyone else has noticed that we are observing comet C/2007 N3 Lulin "edge-on". With incredible fortune, the orbital inclination of the...
15207
JS & EJ Gifford
jsg388
Jan 5, 2009 12:46 pm
Coincidentally I have just written an article for the local Astronomical Society along those lines. The comet follows the ecliptic through several Zodiac...
15208
Vegas Luna
vegas_luna
Jan 6, 2009 2:44 am
in the iaota group we were discussing how bright the comet would be on March 7th when it is occulted by the moon near M44 .. Vegas Luna ... several ... as...
15209
amar sharma
amar10sharmaa
Jan 6, 2009 1:43 pm
Just wanted to share. David's book "The Greatest Comets in History: Broom Stars and Celestial Scimitars" is available here as an e-book. ...
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Jose Pablo Navarro Pina
darkman71es
Jan 7, 2009 5:44 am
Hi all , updated my personal light visual curve of comet C/2007 N3 LULIN , user only magnitudes visuals , no includes magnitudes ccd in my light curve ,...
15211
DRLunsford
antimatter33
Jan 7, 2009 7:33 am
That's an excellent work! We've been amazingly fortunate in recent decades - Holmes did not even make it into the book. Now this strange comet Lulin, while not...
15212
algwat
Jan 7, 2009 8:45 am
Gidday All, I have added a new image of Lulin, showing some tail dynamics. For your consideration. kind reagrds, Alan Watson C/2007 N3 Dynamics 20090101 As...
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peterbus
Jan 7, 2009 9:54 pm
Dear all. In the period 2009 February 24 - March 4, C/2007 N3 Lulin reach a near backward scattering geometry (phase angle < 10 degrees, with a minimum of 0.1...
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Burkhard Leitner
kometarium
Jan 8, 2009 4:52 pm
Hello all! Comet 22P/Kopff should now be visible around 13mag in the morning sky, near C/2007 N3 (Lulin). Did anybody try to observe or image this comet...
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francois kugel
fkspect
Jan 8, 2009 5:59 pm
Hello, I observed it on 2008 Déc. 28.24 It seem elongated. Nucleus magnitude was around 15.5. You can find an image here : ...
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francois kugel
fkspect
Jan 8, 2009 6:35 pm
... Sorry, not elongated but stellar with coma in north....
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Mr Wyatt
outbackmanyep
Jan 9, 2009 2:56 am
Hi Burkhard, I haven't tried for this comet yet BUT it is located in the zodiacal light which might make it a bit hard to find. I'll give it a try when the...
15218
Alan Hale
ahale15
Jan 9, 2009 3:23 am
Hi everyone, I actually tried for the comet this morning (visually) and possibly saw "something," but I could never make up my mind one way or the other. I had...
15219
walcom77
Jan 9, 2009 8:54 am
Dear All We have just updated our blog with some information and the image of 2009 AU1, an interesting object with comet-like orbit discovered by the Italian...
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Jose Pablo Navarro Pina
darkman71es
Jan 9, 2009 10:16 am
Hi all , i am working and analyzing the light visual curve of comet C/2007 N3 LULIN , all's visuals observations of the comet will be well received for the...
15221
walcom77
Jan 9, 2009 10:27 am
Dear All Yesterday we have imaged comet P/2008 X4 while it was emerging from the morning twilight. Image processing show the presence of a fan-like feature in...
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Juan Jose Gonzalez Su...
jjgsgp
Jan 9, 2009 6:12 pm
Regarding back to the most interesting comets of 2008, did anyone of the southern observers attempt a naked eye observation/estimate of C/2008 A1 at the time...
15223
Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
Jan 9, 2009 6:18 pm
Hello! According to my accounts, the maximal brightness of comet C/2008 A1 has made 6.7m (averaging of estimations): http://www.astronomy.ru/forum/index.php? ...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Jan 10, 2009 4:23 am
Comet 116P/Wild 4 This comet is an old friend. It was discovered by Paul Wild in Switzerland (his 7th, and last, comet discovery) in 1990, and I observed it at...
15225
edcase_edcase
Jan 10, 2009 8:36 pm
Live in Panama and use my 8" Meade in my rolloff roof observatory. I am from the old school of guiding and have problems with the new telescopes. Would to have...
15226
James R. Schofer
clearshot04
Jan 10, 2009 11:34 pm
I attempted Catalina XN120 on the first day of the year, under very good conditions but still no success, a stellar mag of 19.2 a FOV of 25 arc min and 35...
15227
Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Jan 11, 2009 5:55 am
81P is around mag. 18.8 N, strange that you haven't noticed it in your images. Regards, Luca Buzzi # 204 ... Da: comets-ml@yahoogroups.com...
