Hey everyone, I am Prafull Sharma from Delhi, India. I am a 12th class student. I am a 16 year old astronomer. I had discovered one of the fragments of...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Aug 7, 2012 3:03 pm
I’ve just had a serious attempt at imaging this comet – and have succeeded. The last reported observation was on 2010 Dec 4, with a reported magnitude of...
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Hidetaka
sedna_90377
Aug 7, 2012 3:24 pm
Hi, This was very exciting, the farthest record of cometary detection!! regards Hidetaka Sato...
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Alan Hale
ahale15
Aug 7, 2012 3:31 pm
Dear Dave, Outstanding work! I'm glad to see it's still around. Sincerely, Alan...
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Brian Cudnik
brian_cudnik
Aug 7, 2012 5:16 pm
That's amazing...are people still imaging 1P/Halley? That would be something if they can follow it through its 2023 aphelion and track it back into the inner ...
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Charles Bell
charbell...
Aug 7, 2012 10:31 pm
Congratulations Dave Herald. of Murrumbateman, Australia. That's amazing. ________________________________ From: Dave Herald <drherald@...> To:...
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Bomber2 Panther
outbackmanyep
Aug 7, 2012 11:55 pm
Hi Dave,Great capture! Congratulations! Cheers, Chris WWalcha NSWAustralia> To: Comets-ml@yahoogroups.com ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Rodney Austin
rodcomet
Aug 8, 2012 2:51 am
Hi David, That is a truly phenomenal achievement! Congratulations! Cheers Rod [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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John Drummond
john_drummon...
Aug 8, 2012 8:50 am
Wow! According to Guide 9.0 it is - ‘Dist from home planet: 32.86441188 AU (4,916,446,038 km)’ Very well done Dave – you deserve a gold medal! John...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Aug 8, 2012 8:58 am
Hi dave, this is a very interesting and significave achievement, congratulations! Did you found the comet close to the ephemerids position? Kind regards, ...
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terryjlovejoy
Aug 8, 2012 9:39 am
Wow Dave! According to my ephemeris Hale-Bopp was over 33 AU from the sun, further than either Neptune or Pluto! It is also as far a Halley is at the moment...
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ligustri rolando
astroligu2002
Aug 8, 2012 3:58 pm
WOW super job with only a 16" telescope! great regards Rolando ... From: "Dave Herald" <drherald@...> To: "Comets-ml" <Comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> ...
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francois Kugel
fkspect
Aug 12, 2012 3:12 pm
Hi all, We observed the comet Moss last night. the coma is very diffuse and no central condensation is visible. Light curve : ...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Aug 13, 2012 1:02 pm
Daer Francois Kugel, Thank you for your information. I received the recent images of C/2012 CH17 from Michael Jager and Hidetaka Sato. Please see: ...
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Nick Evetts
bedfordshire...
Aug 16, 2012 5:45 am
Re Comet C/2012 CH17 (Moss) I was able to get this Image of the comet On the Evening of the 14th via the Slooh Remote Telescope on Mt Teide Nick de...
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Ian Musgrave & Peta O...
ianfmusgrave
Aug 18, 2012 4:02 am
G'Day all Anyone know anything about this supposed "cluster of rare comets" SLOOH was looking at today? Machholz was apparently one, but unless there is a buch...
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Ian Musgrave & Peta O...
ianfmusgrave
Aug 18, 2012 4:02 am
G'Day all Anyone know anything about this supposed "cluster of rare comets" SLOOH was looking at today? Machholz was apparently one, but unless there is a buch...
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Bob King
cometlynx
Aug 18, 2012 4:08 am
Hi Ian, Sounds like hype to build interest, but unfortunately for the uninitiated it's misleading. They'll be observing six comets currently visible - no doubt...
Hey everyone I am Prafull Sharma from India. I discovered one of the two fragments f 96P/Machholz.The comet was named SOHO 2333. Can everyone targeting 96P try...
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Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
Aug 27, 2012 1:08 pm
We imaged P/2012 NJ (La Sagra) through 1.5-m telescope again on August 13, 2012. Comets had two narrow tails!!! Image here (clear, 10x60 sec): ...
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Richard Miles
gallileo99uk
Aug 27, 2012 4:34 pm
Hi Artyom, You'll need to check the extra tail is not a faint background galaxy. Suggest you stack the first 4, middle 4 and last 4 frames tracked at sidereal...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Aug 28, 2012 6:15 am
Daer colleagues, Jakub Cerny reported it was 14.7 mag on Aug. 16. Jakub also reported that the comet had faded down to 16.6 mag on June 30. The recent...
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hiro
hiroc070717
Aug 28, 2012 7:37 am
Hi all, I tried imaging of the comet in Libra with my small scope. The comet looked not drifting while imaging for less than an hour at the night. ...
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Jakub Černý
sigfridkaos
Aug 28, 2012 11:04 am
Dear Seiichi, I apologize for mistake in observation. I found it later that I mistaken comet with close deep sky. Corrected obs is: C/2010 G2 (Hill) 2012 Aug....
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Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
Aug 28, 2012 8:28 pm
Hello All! On Aug 13, 2012 we recovered 2P/Encke. Comet was absolutely starlike object 19.6m. Image here: ...
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Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
Aug 28, 2012 8:44 pm
Hello All! On Aug 15, 2012 we recovered 114P/Wisemann-Skiff. It was absolutely starlike object. Image here: ...
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Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
Aug 28, 2012 8:46 pm
Hello All! On Aug 21, 2012 we recovered comet 124P/Mrkos. It was absolutely starlike object. Image here: ...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Aug 29, 2012 5:11 am
Dear Jakub Cerny, Thank you for your reply. I modified my light curve in my web pages. Best regards, ... -- Seiichi Yoshida comet@... ...
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Artyom Novichonok
artnovich
Sep 1, 2012 10:48 am
Hello All! I updated my LC page: http://severastro.narod.ru/sla/com/lc.htm -- Best regards, Artyom. My comets light curves page: ...