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...
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 ...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Coincidentally I have just written an article for the local Astronomical Society along those lines. The comet follows the ecliptic through several Zodiac...
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...
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 ,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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? ...
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...
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...
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...
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