Hello Alan, we are observing this comet regulary using robotic telescope FRAM in Argentina. Here are past R-filtered mags: 2012 Mar. 24.32 UT: m1=14.6, Dia.=...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Apr 1, 2012 4:01 pm
Dear Jakub, and all, Thank you! And very interesting . . . These magnitudes are very consistent with my inability to see the comet on March 22 and my positive...
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Apr 3, 2012 12:45 am
Hi Jakub, Alan and all, I notice that your (Jakub's) diameter estimates are also slightly larger as the comet brightened and I wonder if the recent brightening...
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kaos@...
sigfridkaos
Apr 4, 2012 8:44 am
Hello David, from images I have seen I think it is not this case. Like about 2 months ago, comet was brightening very well. During past few weeks it more looks...
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gvnn64
Apr 4, 2012 9:09 am
Dear Jakub and all. ... All this discussion on a recent (potential) brightness surge in C/2011 L4 (Panstarrs) is based on five CCD observations spanning about...
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kaos@...
sigfridkaos
Apr 4, 2012 9:34 am
Hello Giovanni, there are totally 10 R-fitlered measurements in 2 months, you can find theese in this link in ICQ format including uncertainity error: ...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Apr 4, 2012 9:39 am
Hello Jakub, thanks for the update. ... And, probably, there is a good reason behind that. ;-) ... Fine... Bye, Giovanni...
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Stephen
brewster10315
Apr 5, 2012 7:00 pm
Does anyone have, or know about, a photo of Alan McClure? Alan was among the original designers of Stony Ridge Observatory in 1957-1959 (see...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Apr 5, 2012 8:00 pm
I know that Alan was pretty well famous among astronomers with his spectacular black and white astrographic images of comets; it is my understanding that he...
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Michael Boschat
mikeboschat
Apr 5, 2012 8:31 pm
Not much but a small photo of him in 3rd edition of henry Paul "Outer Space Photography for the Amateur" page 22. He is looking through a telescope,side shot...
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Steve Brewster
brewster10315
Apr 5, 2012 9:02 pm
Outstanding, thanks Michael, I missed that one. Just now checking my copy of Paul, I noticed that the picture of Alan was taken by Roy K. Ensign, also among ...
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Dennis Di Cicco
baldax1936
Apr 6, 2012 4:50 am
Steve, I saw this message just as I was shutting down my computer and I have to run. While I can't call myself an expert on Alan, I did know him, and we stayed...
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Frans van Loo
frans.v.loo@...
Apr 6, 2012 5:41 pm
Dennis, We look out for a book of.. Alan McClure was a verry great inspiration for us , comet observers , here in Belgium. We not forget the amazing photos he...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Apr 7, 2012 4:35 am
Dear colleagues, M.P.E.C. 2012-G18 reports the improved orbital elements of P/2006 Y2 (Gibbs), with a last observation on Sept. 24, 2011. However, no...
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Rob
kaufman_rob
Apr 10, 2012 2:05 am
The extremely faint tail on C/2011 W3 has not been successfully imaged since Lester Barnes caught it on 17 March, although continued efforts by Lester and...
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Apr 10, 2012 2:59 am
Hi Rob, I have been wondering about this as well. Recall that the Great Comet of 1882 was called the "string of pearls" comet because it broke up into a...
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lesterbarnes57
Apr 12, 2012 4:35 am
Hi all, I managed to image this southern comet last night with Takahashi 160mm f3.3 Epsilon Astrograph and Astro 40D at ISO 1600. The image is 8x4 minute...
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denis buczynski
dennis555002
Apr 12, 2012 9:37 am
Hi All, It is good to see Lester Barnes posting images of comets on this site. His monumental effort in monitoring the dust tail of C/2011 W3 Lovejoy has to be...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Apr 14, 2012 10:30 am
Dear all, at this link you will find some information and images of this new comet: http://schiaparelli204.wordpress.com/ Best regards, Luca Buzzi # 204...
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terryjlovejoy
Apr 15, 2012 5:35 am
This is how I understand the Sekannina and Chodas paper as well. In addition to fragmentation ear perihelion breakup there is also further breakups well away...
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RICHARD MILES
gallileo99uk
Apr 15, 2012 6:45 pm
Well done to you, Sergio Foglia and the T3 Observing Project on this discovery. I wonder how many such comets has the T3 Project managed to find in this way so...
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Luca Buzzi
buzzi_luca
Apr 15, 2012 9:47 pm
Thank you very much Richard, it was a nice "discovery"! Well, our first success (before MACE presentation!) was comet P/2005 SB216 (IAUC 8668), then comet...
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lesterbarnes57
Apr 17, 2012 10:31 pm
Hi all, this is 19x3 minute exposures taken with Astro 40D at ISO 1600 and Takahashi 160mm f3.3 Epsilon Astrograph. ...
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Bomber2 Panther
outbackmanyep
Apr 17, 2012 10:34 pm
Nice shot Lester! Cheers,Chris W ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Pieter-Jan Dekelver
pieterjan87
Apr 20, 2012 10:20 am
Hello, Finally after several of months being out of business, I'm back. I constructed the 0.20m f/4.5 Carbon newton telescope: ...
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maiki666
Apr 20, 2012 1:05 pm
Hello all, this is just a reminder that posting of routine images should be posted to the Comet-Images group rather than to comets-ml. Posting of images /...
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kammerer_a
Apr 21, 2012 3:50 pm
Hi all, I have updated my analysis of the currently brighter comets. You can find it at the URL http://kometen.fg-vds.de/aktause.htm Regards, Andreas...
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Cometas LIADA
lams_astronomia
Apr 23, 2012 2:51 am
Hi Michael Our recognition as a member of the Comets Section and for his invaluable contribution to the visual observations of comets. Regards, Luis. ... From:...
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Apr 24, 2012 1:03 am
Does anyone know if the images from the Skylab coronagraph in 1973/4 have been searched for possible sungrazing comets? There were some spectacular images of...
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terryjlovejoy
Apr 24, 2012 9:15 am
Hi David, Thats a good point, it seems like the images are on 2000 ft of 35mm film - or 36000 frames! Here is a link: ...
