I may add that the only uncertainty is the period. The initial period was in the range of 46 to 64 years. So currently it is not clear how many perihelion...
Hello Maik, great news that this comet is finally back! The period was given with 65.5 by Hasegawa & Nakano. With the return now it would be around 62 years an...
Hello all, ... yes, but the name has not yet been assigned. The reason is that while the ID is probably correct (and which was independently also suggested by...
Hello all, I made my first visual observation this evening of historical comet C/2012 V4 (Pons-Gambart-SWAN?) using Tycho T2 photometry as comparison. Comet...
Hello Mike, thanks for the visual magnitude. ... or the comet was unusually bright in 1827... Cheers, Maik -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other...
Hello, if I try to connect estimate of Mike with 1827 observations, it fir very good with formula: m1 = 8.14 + 5 log D + 14.41 log r ( T - 21 days ) ... with...
Hi everyone, Nice to see the return of an old comet! I've seen some conflicting information on who recovered C/2012 V4. Was it Rob Matson or Terry Lovejoy who...
Hello, it may be of interest to others that I've just noted that David Seargent has published an e-book for the K*ndle. The title is "Sungrazing Comets;...
Thanks Maik and thank you David! Well worth getting IMO. btw you don't need a Kindle to read the book, there is reader software available for MAC/PC etc. ...
I’ve posted an image of this comet at: http://tinyurl.com/chytdlx My description is: Image taken on 2012 Dec 3.45 at an altitude of about 14 deg - with the...
Hello friends, I want to introduce to you COMET CALENDAR for November, 2012. http://severastro.narod.ru/sla/com/kk/20/2012/KK12_2012_Eng.pdf I look forward to...
Wou, I made a fantasatic shot there! Congratulations Dave! Andres.:) ________________________________ De: Dave Herald <drherald@...> Para: Comets-ml...
If the path of Comet 2012 V4 stays as predicted, then on December 14th at around 23:30 UT the northern edge of the 1-1/2 day old crescent moon will graze this...
Another issue is Earth-shine. With the moon being 4% illuminated. I expect the earthshine will have a surface brightness MUCH greater than the surface...
Folks, A very interesting update to the orbit of C/2012 V4 (?Pons-Gambart) This means an orbital period of 188 years and No missed returns since 1827! ...
This comet continues to provide a nice display. I’ve posted an image at: http://tinyurl.com/bxyeag9 with the following commentary: A 15' x 15' image of...
Unnamed comet C/2012 V4 now at a solar elongation of 32 has moved sufficiently northwards passing Declination -25 to be visible from the UK. The following...
Hi all,I have made two consecutive obs of this comet, quite large and diffuse, no central condensation, no tail.I made it out at mag 11.0 last night, official...
Wonderful effort Artyom. Thanks for the piece of work. Amar A. Sharma. India. ... Hello friends, I want to introduce to you COMET CALENDAR for November, 2012. ...
Hello Andres, With the comet only 3-4 degrees above the horizon, differential refraction is very large and this prevents accurate astrometry. Also, the pixel...
Hello all, Jeremy Shears writing on the BAA website points out the following recent paper: There is an interesting paper in today's arXiv summary on "The...
Sadly Giovanni passed away last night. Our thoughts are with his family...
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Condolations to the family Frans .R. van Loo. Genk .B. ... From: Nick Howes - FT Project To: comets-ml@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 9:43 AM ...
When reading this post I had to sit down for a while. Giovanni is an incredible loss, although I never personally met him, he's one of my best friends, my...
