Hi All, I've uploaded tonights image Sep 1.38UT to my website. http://members.westnet.com.au/mmatti/sc.htm cheers, Michael Mattiazzo Castlemaine Victoria,...
Here's an image from tonight, taken with DSLR in very light-affected skies. It shows a very faint tail about 5 arcminutes long in PA 115, confirming Michael's...
Dear Paul Camilleri, ... Thank you very much for your report. Today I updated my light curve and information at "Comets Waiting for First Observation" page. ...
Dear colleagues, M.P.E.C. 2005-W07 announced a possible identification of C/2000 C4 = C/2005 W1 ( SOHO ). Based on the periodic orbital elements, it should ...
Dear Seiichi, It has returned July 17/18 in SOHO LASCO images as SOHO-2115. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sohohunter/message/3388?var=0&l=1 Regards,...
Hi Rolando, As always, a superb image! I enjoy all your pics. Cheers, Chris W Walcha, NSW Australia ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Further unsuccessfull recoveries: P/2006 T1 (Levy) not found (limiting magnitude about 19) along +/- 1 day along the L.O.V. on 2011, Aug. 24.0 P/1996 R2...
Dear Leonid Elenin, ... Thank you for your report. I updated my light curve and web page information. P.S. I hope we can observe Comet Elenin in autumn in the...
Dear colleagues, M.P.E.C. 2011-Q05 reports the observations of 198P/ODAS on July 30 at 18.5-18.6 mag by 958 (P. Dupouy, P. A. Mahe). However, Kazuo Kinoshita...
Dear Rainer Kracht, Thank you very much for your information. Well, discoveries of SOHO comets have not been announced by MPECs recently. I will wait the comet...
hello Seiichi, Also negative for me, less than 20.5 on Aug. 26. Best regards Francois #A77 ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Good morning Dr Yoshida.  Two measurements taken on August 23.97 and 29.04, mag>21. No positive feedback from the MPC.  Sincerely. SOULIER Jean-François ...
Hello all, Last august night I noticed that comet LONEOS seems to be much weaker a little bit more diffuse then 2 days ago. After that I though that it is ...
Hi All We just updated our blog with new images and info about the status of the fragment of comet 213P: http://bit.ly/nKTcL5 Ciao, Ernesto Guido, Giovanni...
Dear Jakub, and all, This has never been an easy comet to see, but I've consistently been getting m1 ~14.2 or thereabouts for the past few weeks, including...
Image taken last night, posted here with permission of John Glossop from Cootamundra, NSW, Australia. Taken with an ST8300C through a Takahashi FSQ-106ED. The...
Hello Alan, Thanks for your answer. It seems that my change in magnitude corresponds to smaller estimated coma diameter. The comet is low on horizon and it...
Dear colleagues, First of all, I say thank you to all observers in the world observing and reporting brightness of comets :-) Today I plotted almost all recent...
Hi, please find attached an image of Comet Elenin (C/2010 X1) taken last night (2011 September 03.29 (Saturday) UT) as it was setting in the moonlit sky. Even...
John, ... yes, attachments are not allowed. I not want to take the burden to moderate this, too. Just upload it to the files sections or post a link. Cheers,...
Hello all, there's an object MATSON on the NEOCP. I guess Rob has catched something in SWAN. Rob? ;) Maik -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way....
Lets hope it's real :) I haven't been able to search that part of the sky due to weather for over a month. Will be interesting to see how bright it is. Terry...
Congratulations to Rob! Take into account 15h arc, following very preliminary elements: Perihelion 2011 Oct 27.353659 TT; Constraint: e=1 Epoch 2011 Sep 5.0...
So it is, thanks Maik. Well I confirmed it as well tonight and it is bright! On images the coma is well condensed and extending out as much as 4'. I did not...
Hi, I imaged the new SWAN comet (with the temporary designation of MATSON on the IAU MPC page) with the 35cm Meade SCT and SBIG STL11000M CCD about an hour ago...