Tonight's comets under very heavy, moisture-laden skies; conditions very unfavorable for fainter comets. Complete daily comet records (when available) are...
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rms1kpde
Sep 1, 2002 9:44 am
... Username: xx1 to xx9 [for guests] Password [nothing] Of course stations have their own login which enablea them to work with the page, not just lurk. If a...
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Esteban Reina Lorenz
obsmasquefa
Sep 1, 2002 2:52 pm
Hello Clay: Did you find 54P comet at the position that you hoped? I was triyng to find it the last night, and I'm not sure that I got it. Regads. Esteban ... ...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 1, 2002 3:01 pm
Hello Esteban.... Interesting you ask. I always pre-print my finder charts for the comets from data loaded into my computer on charts generated by the GSC...
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Michael Mattiazzo
cometmanau
Sep 1, 2002 3:26 pm
My 2 cents worth, The Earth passed through the orbital plane of comet Hoenig around August 13-14th. This will cause brighter magnitude and DC estimates due to...
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Mike and Lorna Begbie
mjbcomets
Sep 1, 2002 5:14 pm
Hi Does anybody know what has happened to Alfredo Pereira? As far as I can see, he hasn't updated his page since June 3rd... Mike Begbie...
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kearn_jones
Sep 2, 2002 8:16 am
Hi all Just added new wide field image of C/2002 06 SWAN from 8/Aug/02 UT to our groups website . http://southern-x.org/gallery-swan.html bit of a name change....
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Jose Carvajal
jcarvajal_ma...
Sep 2, 2002 9:10 am
Mike. No idea. Jose Guillerme de S. Aguiar (Brazil) and myself were talking about the same question but none of us have news from him. Perhaps Reinder J. Bouma...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 2, 2002 9:46 am
Some comets from September 2. Note comet 2002 K5 (LINEAR) and associated image; nice tail structure developed with pronounced spike in posted image. ALSO tail...
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Michael Mattiazzo
cometmanau
Sep 2, 2002 3:13 pm
Has anyone else observed 92P Sanguin visually yet? My observations: 2002 Sep. 01.47 UT: m1=13.2, Dia.=1', DC=5...28cm SCT 133x...Michael Mattiazzo...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 2, 2002 3:29 pm
I have heard from many observers - actually two down under, Michael, and one with a 16" scope - who have not been able to confirm 92P visually. I have...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Sep 2, 2002 3:38 pm
Michael, Reinder Bouma and Edwin van Dijk have observed it on August 18.0 at 13.7 mag (cf. http://www.shopplaza.nl/astro/ ). Clay, please note that attachments...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 2, 2002 5:23 pm
Maik....please note that I do NOT send attachments to this group. Only URLs to posted images. I have never sent attachments.....if any have attempted to come...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Sep 2, 2002 5:55 pm
Clay, ... an image is an attachment and is stripped from the text as indicated by the phrase [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Kind...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 2, 2002 6:00 pm
Maik - on Yahoo that ALSO refers to advertising messages that have been received on this end and are not sent when a forward or "response"; is sent. Rest...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Sep 2, 2002 6:09 pm
Clay, I now have realised my error. I thought you had attached an image, because I read "I have attached an image of this comet from this morning (Sept. 2 UT)"...
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John Drummond
john_drummon...
Sep 2, 2002 6:28 pm
Hi Michael, I tried to observe 92P Sanguin on the 29th Aug but could not visually see it. Here is my observation: P/Sanguin (92P): 2002 August 29 .448 UT: 41cm...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Sep 2, 2002 7:45 pm
Hi, I remember there was some short discussion here about the limited temporal appearance of the Marsden group comets with all 12 members between 01/1998 and...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 3, 2002 7:42 am
Several comets from a fairly good morning/evening. Note that P/2002 O5 (NEAT) was imaged (image can be found at ASO link if not attached) and recorded quite...
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rms1kpde
Sep 3, 2002 9:36 am
... Photometry good to 0.01mag is quite hard for asteroids. You need e.g. perfect flat-fielding and tracking. So how do you achieve this for *comets*? Thanks, ...
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sfhoenig@...
sfhoenig
Sep 3, 2002 11:03 am
Hello list, I received an email by Michael Jäger who told me that he found precovery images of C/2002 Q3 and Q4 of Aug 21, 01:45 UT. The images were obtained ...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 3, 2002 1:19 pm
It is reported to such degree merely for consistency in observations. No attempt nor claim is made for a basis of comparison; we take great care and precision...
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reinder j bouma
rjbouma@...
Sep 3, 2002 2:17 pm
... Clay, Being consistant does not mean that you are right here. As a person with a scientific education (I assume) you should know that you're supposed to...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 3, 2002 4:05 pm
Thank you ..... anything else we are not doing right? I do totally agree with your assessment of the decimal specs....however, we do use those values here to...
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amirmgamini
Sep 3, 2002 7:42 pm
Hi carol I took a photo from the wonderful object at Aug 11. I dont know what it is .It was near to Ioto hercule. the photo is in the Album.Please reply me...
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sfhoenig@...
sfhoenig
Sep 3, 2002 9:46 pm
Hello Carol, You have to give some more information. Have you seen it visually, too? Do you have it on multiple images? What are the bright stars in the field...
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Diego Rodriguez
DRODRIG@...
Sep 3, 2002 11:11 pm
Hello Clay: 54P/de Vico-Swift. Francesco de Vico (Rome, Italy) discovered this telescopic comet during a routine search for comets on 1844 August 23.09. The...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 4, 2002 12:15 am
Hello Diego....I had forgotten about 54P being among the "lost comets." We did indeed image an object at the following position after confirming a slight...
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John Drummond
john_drummon...
Sep 4, 2002 6:51 am
Hi Clay, in response to the comments you received earlier, I will always respect and listen to the person who continually gets out there under the stars and...
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Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Sep 4, 2002 9:02 am
Hello to all....a fine night in Arkansas.... NOTE: Normally I would have posted images on the Arkansas Sky website by this time; images will be posted where...
