Hi, I was just wondering if the latest outburst of comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) was a real event or just the effect of weather (the moon just went out of sight the...
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Gary Kronk
kronk@...
Jul 18, 2001 1:52 pm
I believe the C/2001 A2 experienced an outburst sometime after July 12.4, but agree with Maik that it was not a strong one. With large, diffuse comets I try to...
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g_masi@...
Jul 18, 2001 3:52 pm
Dear Comet Lovers, to me the comet appeared definitely and clearly brighter early on July 13, about 0.5, 0.6 magnitudes more than 24-hours earlier. Also, I ...
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Maik Meyer
maik@...
Jul 18, 2001 6:13 pm
Hi, I have just received an observation report af a member of of our German comet section reporting comet C/2001 WM1 (LINEAR) as bright as 13.8 mag, DC 2-3,...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres@...
Jul 18, 2001 6:51 pm
... should be : Both comets is very bad palaced for now for me, but I try maybe Best regards, Maciej...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres@...
Jul 18, 2001 6:51 pm
... OK Maik, Both comets is very palaced for now for me, but I try maybe tonight. Now is clear... Best regards, Maciej...
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sfhoenig@...
Jul 18, 2001 9:20 pm
Maik, I just found an observation of A.Nakamura from July 03. He puts 2000 WM1 at 16.3 mag with 0.6 reflector + CCD. So in my opinion that observation would be...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres@...
Jul 18, 2001 10:43 pm
... Dear Sebastian, I predict two resons: -Comet is still in rising phase -CCD observations are about 1.5-2.5 fainter than visual. For example if I correct...
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Gianluca Masi
gianmasi@...
Jul 19, 2001 4:24 pm
Dear All, finally, I posted a couple of images from th night between July 13 and 14. These frames now give a better idea about the appearence and following...
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Maik Meyer
maik@...
Jul 19, 2001 5:09 pm
Gianluca, ... it was my first look at your images and have to admit that I am quite impressed. I wonder if the rotation period of the nucleus could be ...
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gianmasi@...
Jul 19, 2001 6:43 pm
Maik> ... quite ... comet. To me, those features appear not strongly connected to the nucleus, as they seem, in the evolved images, to stay always in the same...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres@...
Jul 19, 2001 6:51 pm
... Dear Gianluca and Maik, Last night comed seem faded mre rapidly. Is it a hint of nucleus fragmentation? Nucleus looks unsharped, very diffuse. Also C/1999...
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Maik Meyer
maik@...
Jul 19, 2001 6:56 pm
Hi, I received additional observations from the same observer who confirmed his first reports that these comets are at about 13 and 13.8 mag, respectively. The...
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Gary Kronk
kronk@...
Jul 19, 2001 8:00 pm
As some of you might know, I am working on volume two of Cometography at this time. Most of the editing it complete, but I have holes scattered about the...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres@...
Jul 20, 2001 10:07 am
... SOHO's 341. Komet wurde von S. Hönig in LASCO/C3-Echtzeitaufnahmen erkannt. C/2001 O1 (SOHO) ist ein Mitglied der Kreutz-Gruppe. < Congrats to Sebastian ...
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Giovanni Sostero
Giovanni.Sostero@...
Jul 20, 2001 11:24 am
Hi all, my name is Giovanni Sostero, and I'm an Italian amateur astronomer very interested on comets. I'm going to send you my visual estimate of yesterday...
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Maik Meyer
maik@...
Jul 20, 2001 11:35 am
Dear Giovanni (and all), ... the settings for this group are that attachments are not permitted. But you have the possibility to upload any file in the files...
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Giovanni Sostero
Giovanni.Sostero@...
Jul 20, 2001 11:47 am
Oops, sorry for the inconvenience! I will upload the file as for your suggestion. Regards, Giovanni...
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joshua
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Jul 20, 2001 7:14 pm
I think it's better if you just upload the files to your own server, instead of the Yahoo Groups page. -joshua...
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Giovanni Sostero
Giovanni.Sostero@...
Jul 20, 2001 9:35 pm
Hi, you can download the three files at: http://www.astro.hr/comets -LRGB.jpg is a Johnson V, Cousin R and I tricolor of C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) made on July 14.1...
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Pepe
pepemanteca@...
Jul 21, 2001 10:30 am
Hello from Spain: My name is Jose Manteca and I live in Begues near Barcelona. I am amateur astronomer and I like very much the comets. I am moderator of comet...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres@...
Jul 21, 2001 11:11 am
... 170 ... 170 Dear Pepe, It is a nuclear magnitude right? Very bright. It suggest that WM1 is much brighter than in ephemeris... Best regards, Maciej...
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Pepe
pepemanteca@...
Jul 21, 2001 11:29 am
Hello all: This it is the history of my measures. All measures are with USNO SA2.0 with red stars. Lx200 12" f:6,3 st9E. The measures are ccd nuclear. In...
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Giovanni Sostero
Giovanni.Sostero@...
Jul 22, 2001 4:22 am
Hi all, Here you my observations of last night: the comet seems to be faded by almost 0.5 magnitudes in two days. A tail 0.7 degrees long in PA 210 deg is...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres@...
Jul 22, 2001 11:16 am
Hi all, Maik, this morning I tried observed C/2000 SV74. I found 13.7 mag diffuse object which semms confirmed 13.2 mag observation. But I'm stll not 100% sure...
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Maik Meyer
maik@...
Jul 22, 2001 1:37 pm
Dear Maciej, ... thanks for your obsrvation. I am right now on business travel and will return on Wednesday evening. I hope I have then more information. ...
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Giovanni Sostero
Giovanni.Sostero@...
Jul 23, 2001 2:14 am
Hi all, here you my last data and a description of C/2001 A2 (LINEAR): -I get the firm impression that the comet this evening was more evident compared to...
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gianmasi@...
Jul 23, 2001 2:42 pm
Last night, under excellent sky conditions, I managed to image again this comet, at Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory. The comet is entering quite dense star...
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Michael Mattiazzo
mmatti@...
Jul 23, 2001 4:02 pm
Greetings to all and about time we had a comet list! I've noticed in the past week that the tail of LINEAR 2001 A2 was of higher surface brightness. Earth...
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Giovanni Sostero
Giovanni.Sostero@...
Jul 24, 2001 3:36 pm
On Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:04:12 -0000 ... Hi Gianluca and all, you can dawnload the picture we made last week-end from Visnjan Obs. at:...
