Hi all Two days ago i observed the 203P. The magnitude predictions are around mag 19.5. But in my observation two days ago the comet was easy visible in 10min...
Hi Alan, ... the same from me - you've indeed counted correctly. Now on for the next 50 comets! Cheers, Maik -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other...
Sincere congratulations, Rob, on the discovery of the 50th "McNaught"; comet, and many thanks for the unforgettable observing sessions on them that you have...
50th comet! Another 'McNaught' in the sky! Congratulations, Juan A.Henríquez http://atlante.org.es [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Yes Rob, Leave some for the rest of us! Still clearly remember comfirming visually C\1987 U3, its hard to believe there have been another 48 McNaughts since...
C2009 Q5 (McNaught) Time Stamp: 2009 09 02, 10:13:32 UT http://twitpic.com/g6xmk Astrometrica track and stack of 12 images Appears as round smudge about 10 arc...
Congratulations Robert! That is very impressive so many discoveries in so little time! I like "Golden Discovery" Ellen - from Canada - formerly Dutch Comet...
Hi all, the latest refined orbit for C/2009 P1 (Garradd) seems to promise a nice binocular object for northern hemisphere observers in 2011/2012. Using 2.5n=8...
Comet 222P/LINEAR P/2009 MB9 Yet another one of the intrinsically faint periodic comets that have been discovered during recent years. It was initially...
Hello group, I am getting ready to head out to the Okie-Tex Star Party next week and I was wondering if anyone could provide some recent m1 for the comets that...
Dear Mark, I update my "Countdown" update page: http://www.earthriseinstitute.org/comupdate.html about once a week, on the average. Please feel free to consult...
folks... I could use a nice photo of McNaught's 50th comet to illustrate this online news story: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/57664027.html (I've...
Hi Kelly, can I have your email and I'll send you a faintish image that I used to get the astrometry for M.P.E.C. 2009-R22 - Issued 2009 Sept. 5, 15:07 UT. I...
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After a few attempts, I finally got images of 162P this evening that were free from star involvement, deep in the southern Milky Way. As before, it was...
Hi All We have just updated our blog with information and our confirming image of this newly discovered comet: http://bit.ly/YRcEJ This comet may reach...
Hello All, What is the orbital period of Q5? Which is the source (orbital elements dont list, do they?) where we could check on the periodicity of all...
... The current, preliminary estimate of orbital period of P/2008 Q5 is 21.0 +/- 0.5 years: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=P/2009+Q5 List of all...
Hi all, I successfully linked the NEOCP object 9R1E5E6 with a comet P/2003 A1 (LINEAR). More info was sent to CBAT. P/2003 A1 (LINEAR) = 9R1E5E6 Epoch 2009...
Hi Dimitry, ... if correct, this is very interesting in two ways: First, the perihelion date is off by more than a month from the prediction (mid-June) and...
Hi all, yesterday I detected and measured a faint trail of P/PLK in a UKST red plate of October 1995. A linked 1995-2009 orbit can be found e.g. here ...
Dear colleagues, Execuse me for my long time silence. Now I am back, and Seiichi Yoshida's web pages are updated. Weekly Information about Bright Comets ...
