2002 Jan. 1.7569UT: m1 =6.2, Dia. =7', DC =7 Tail: 55' in P.A. 090 degrees...7x50 B...Mike Begbie (Harare, Zimbabwe). [ Coma is now much smaller and very...
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Michal Drahus
traktorc360
Jan 2, 2002 6:44 pm
Dear Raquel, about two years ago I needed to calculate magnitude of a star from STScI. In result I found a simple method, based on Paint Shop Pro 5 functions....
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Josef Mueller
j.mueller@...
Jan 2, 2002 10:47 pm
... From: "Michal Drahus" <traktor@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [comets-ml] C/2000...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jan 3, 2002 8:59 am
Hi all and a Happy New Year, just to let you know: The MPEC 2000-A04 gives the name of the recently re-discovered comet 11D as 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR On the...
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terryjlovejoy
Jan 3, 2002 11:09 am
My latest observation of 2000WM1 at January 2.44, 2002. Magnitude 5.8 (10 x 50 binoculars) and highly condensed. The first 10' of tail is quite distinct but...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jan 3, 2002 1:01 pm
Hi again, I have to correct my statement that 11P is the first comet to be re-designated from the D status since the introduction of the new designation...
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terryjlovejoy
Jan 6, 2002 11:21 am
Just a passing note of interest. Comet 96P has entered SOHO's LASCO C3 camera and can been seen as a faint elongated streak just below the occulting bar. My...
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terryjlovejoy
Jan 6, 2002 9:27 pm
Actually, This is a mis-report. The object I reported is not Comet Machholz. The real Comet Machholz emerged from behind the occulting bar as a bright 3rd...
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Piotr Guzik
piotrek16
Jan 6, 2002 9:41 pm
Hi All!
Comet Machholz is real bright, I think that it is about 2 magnitude. Comet has 2 degrees long tail, it is probably jon tail. It is really nice object....
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Pepe
pepemanteca
Jan 7, 2002 7:09 am
Hello all:_ The Observatory 213 informs that 2001 TU80 is in Outburst. Tonight I have been able to confirm that the comet is 2 magnitudes more brilliant that...
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Mike and Lorna Begbie
halley1p
Jan 7, 2002 7:46 pm
... From: Mike and Lorna Begbie Date: Monday, January 07, 2002 09:17:52 PM To: Roger W. Sinnott; Gary Kronk; David Pringle-Wood; Charles Morris; Auke...
For those who haven't seen realtime SOHO images of Comet Machholz this is an absolute must see. For the latest images go to: ...
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Seiichi Yoshida
comet@...
Jan 8, 2002 5:51 am
Dear colleagues, The following comets are waiting for the first observation now. The returns of three comets, 22P, 77P and 96P, were confirmed. But the good...
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yekpkom
Jan 8, 2002 7:42 am
I've also noticed the brightening of P/2001 TU80 LINEAR-NEAT. PK01T80U C2002 01 04.81519 08 38 27.07 +19 58 53.9 15.5 T 215 PK01T80U C2002 01...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres78
Jan 8, 2002 10:41 am
Hi all! It seem that now 96P have a magnitude 0-(-1). If I'm correct remeber last time when P/Machholz was around Sun magnitude was much fainter. I wonder...
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sfhoenig@...
sfhoenig
Jan 8, 2002 11:21 am
Hi Maciej. I think the main reason why 9P appears brighter this time is that it is closer to the earth. At the moment 96P is situated almost in ...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres78
Jan 8, 2002 12:47 pm
... Hi Sebastian, Just compare situations from this and last peryhelium and conditions are similar. Durning last time 96P at peryhelium was about 0.93-0.96AU ...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres78
Jan 8, 2002 12:50 pm
... should be perihelium of course! :)))) Best regards, Maciej...
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sfhoenig@...
sfhoenig
Jan 8, 2002 12:55 pm
Maciej, yes, that's right. But there is another effect that increases the brightness this time. The phase angle of the comet is very small and you get a kind...
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terryjlovejoy
Jan 8, 2002 1:28 pm
96P is also an interesting comet in that there is suggestions that the comet has been dormant in the past. I think it has definite potential to suprise and in...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres78
Jan 8, 2002 4:40 pm
Hi all again! For now, comet 96P move out from C2 view. But still tail is visible on this fame, interesting!!! Also interesting is a tail and coma changing...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres78
Jan 8, 2002 4:46 pm
Some interesting parts of paper ESA News sent to MPML group via Ron Baalke. Maciej Seen today with an impressive tail, Machholz 1 is a more robust, but ...
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Maciej Reszelski
macres78
Jan 8, 2002 9:44 pm
Hi all! Did you see last SOHO images? Take a look! It seems that Sun ejected a major stream into a 96P direction. Comet now is very very bright! Estimate is...
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Jan 8, 2002 11:10 pm
... From: <sfhoenig@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [comets-ml] 96P Update Hi Maciej. I think...
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Michal Drahus
traktorc360
Jan 8, 2002 11:11 pm
Hello, I'm also amazed due to this marvellous show! BTW, the images prove perfectly a popular claim, that comet's tail is always in anti-solar direction :-))))...
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terryjlovejoy
Jan 9, 2002 8:17 am
Mag -4 seems a bit high. I would have said magnitude -1 to -2 for the coma (note the blooming streaks on Venus are much longer indicating that Venus is a lot...
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terryjlovejoy
Jan 9, 2002 8:17 am
Mag -4 seems a bit high. I would have said magnitude -1 to -2 for the coma (note the blooming streaks on Venus are much longer indicating that Venus is a lot...
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McCann, Stephen
stephen.mccann@...
Jan 9, 2002 9:19 am
Regarding Terry's comment about groundbased observations,
can anyone give any hints as to when (and how) to look, i.e.
what time around sunrise/sunset and at...
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terryjlovejoy
Jan 9, 2002 11:19 am
At Jan 9.45, 2002 UT, I observed Comet C/2000WM1 in 10 x 50 binoculars. The coma is now very condensed and at first glance looks like a star with a short...
