2002 Jun.29.84UT: m1=8.8, Dia.=6', DC=2...7x50 B...Mike Begbie (Aloe Ridge Observatory,Gauteng,South Africa) [Comet now exceedingly faint and diffuse though...
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Seiichi Yoshida
comet@...
Jul 2, 2002 12:52 am
Dear colleagues, Here is the list of interesting rendezvous in July. But not so much. cf. http://www.aerith.net/comet/rendezvous/current.html Best regards, ...
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Seiichi Yoshida
comet@...
Jul 2, 2002 12:53 am
Dear colleagues, The following comets are waiting for the first observation now. 54P seems to be fainter than 19 mag actually. 67P was observed on June 18 at...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 2, 2002 1:56 am
Thanks for the heads up on this comet: ".....67P was observed on June 18 at 15.0 mag by KenIchi Kadota, but not officially announced......." Clay ... Dr. P....
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Konrad.Horn@...
Jul 2, 2002 6:31 am
Pls. find a mosaik from Ikeya Zhang passing M5 between June 26-June 30 at http://home.t-online.de/home/konrad.horn/index.htm Konrad...
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Jul 2, 2002 8:13 am
... From: <KCStarguy@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 11:44 AM Subject: [comets-ml] Barabanov's images ... Vol. 22 No. 11 -...
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terryjlovejoy
Jul 2, 2002 8:45 am
Konrad, Well done, impressive image. The individual frames are very well matched - many mosaics I have see show a clear division between individual images. I...
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Konrad.Horn@...
Jul 2, 2002 9:39 am
Hi Terry, ... I use the Italian program ASTROART 2.0 to build the mosaics. http://www.msb-astroart.com/ Before merging the images I make sure that they have...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 2, 2002 11:44 am
Beautiful work Konrad! Very nice.... Clay ... Dr. P. Clay Sherrod sherrodc@... Arkansas Sky Observatory www.arksky.org ... From: Konrad.Horn@... ...
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baj789@...
Jul 2, 2002 8:37 pm
Hi,
My name is Ben and I'm new to this group. I'm really
intrested in comets and are trying to discover one of
my own. I think that this group is good idea for...
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vegas_luna
Jul 2, 2002 9:18 pm
The Case of the Missing Comets: <http://www.earthchangestv.com/secure/0702articles/01missing.htm> hmmm......
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Seiichi Yoshida
comet@...
Jul 3, 2002 2:22 am
Dear Clay, ... Possible outburst? It is expected to be fainter than 20 mag now... Best regards, -- Seiichi Yoshida comet@... http://www.aerith.net/...
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KCStarguy@...
kcstarguy2001
Jul 3, 2002 1:07 pm
This link does not require signing up for the missing comet article http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/headlines-5.html Dr. Eric Flescher...
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perryhelion
Jul 3, 2002 7:42 pm
... And you don't have to pay $35.00......
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perryhelion
Jul 3, 2002 10:10 pm
Hi all - Has anyone made any attempts to visually observe comets C/2001 N2 and 57P within the past few weeks? I tried a few days ago with my 25 cm, but the...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 4, 2002 1:02 am
Mitch - Both of these comets are likely too faint for visual recognition with the 25cm scope; they are two of my regulars that I monitor when conditions...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 4, 2002 1:11 am
Just a quick note to wish all of our USA observers the very best, happiest and safest of Independence Days.....to those many of you who do not celebrate this...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jul 4, 2002 4:42 am
... with C/2001 N2 at 13.7 (the second decimal does not make sense) with CCD (unfiltered?) it should be observable under dark skies with a 10" unless it is...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 4, 2002 5:31 am
To that point, 2001 N2 is very diffuse and nearly "transparent" with respect to its overall area and magnitude. Clay ... Dr. P. Clay Sherrod sherrodc@... ...
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terryjlovejoy
Jul 4, 2002 8:31 am
Seiichi, I got an image of this comet in April this year and estimated a magnitude of somewhere around 16.5 (CCD unfiltered), so a current magnitude of 17.2...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jul 4, 2002 10:22 am
Clay, ... this matches the visual descriptions very well - so, a hard target with a 10". Good skies and excellent eyesight are needed (as well as up-to-date ...
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terryjlovejoy
Jul 4, 2002 12:20 pm
Seiichi, My apologies, wrong comet! The comet I imaged was actually C/1999T2 (LINEAR)....there are just far too many faint comets.... Terry...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 4, 2002 2:29 pm
Hello - some comet observations made through our only break in the heavy clouds in over a week. These are from this morning, July 4, 2002 U.T. (happy 4th!!) ...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 4, 2002 2:48 pm
Yes, Maik....and getting even more difficult it seems by the night. Last night's (July 4) observations of this comet were indicating a pretty tough visual...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 5, 2002 10:25 am
Very hazy conditions continue with a heavy summertime inversion layer. Stellar limiting magnitude to about only 16.6. Unfortunately fog and very heavy air...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 6, 2002 2:12 pm
Some comet observations made in a very heavy capped haze with heavy summertime inversion layer capping our limiting (stellar) magnitude to about 16.5....
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cnj999
Jul 6, 2002 2:28 pm
In examining the recently reported physical observations of C/2002C1, Ikeya-Zhang, on the COHP and elsewhere, I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that nearly...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Jul 6, 2002 3:14 pm
John - I totally agree with this and glad you have expressed this opinion; frankly we are having fits trying to come to some common ground even on a nightly...
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terryjlovejoy
Jul 7, 2002 12:56 am
John, You might be interested to know that a 7 minute long CCD exposure of mine on June 29.42 UT shows the coma out to 12' diameter (as measured perpendicular...
