The sky was not in optimum condition(Moon and haze), again a view to this nice comet, now a little brighter, I could see it in the 4" TMB with averted vision....
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Gerald Rhemann
gerald.rhemann@...
Dec 1, 2003 3:12 pm
A color-picture of T7 from last night captured with the Hypergraph a picture of 2P Encke with a telelens from the same night is uploaded to our website. ...
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terryjlovejoy
Dec 1, 2003 9:15 pm
Gerald, It looks like you might have captured the beginings of an ion tail pointing left in your image. Is this what you see as well? Also I get the...
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grmok1
Dec 1, 2003 9:47 pm
I'm new to the group, but thought you may wish to see the shot I took last week of T7 at: http://www.starnetok.net/~gmiller/T7.jpg Comments welcome. Gerald...
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David Stine
luvcomet21
Dec 1, 2003 11:19 pm
Welcome to the group. I think you will add to this world wide group of comet observers as I know and have seen your work. David STine ... From: grmok1...
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gvnn64
Dec 2, 2003 3:28 pm
Wellcome Gerald, please could you provide some additional informations about your image (scope, CCD, filters, exposure time, etc.)? Thanks, Giovanni ... took...
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grmok1
Dec 2, 2003 7:52 pm
Hello Giovanni, I used a RCOS 12.5" F9 RC scope mounted on an Astro-physics AP900 mount, and SBIG ST10MXE with the Custom Scientific RGB filters. The image...
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Gerald Rhemann
gerald.rhemann@...
Dec 2, 2003 8:37 pm
Hi Terry, Michael means, that this an influence of the focal length. Look at the b/w picture with 300mm exposed one day before the colorpicture with the...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Dec 2, 2003 9:25 pm
Wow! http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk/nk995.htm Maik -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. * Juan Ramon Jimenez ...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Dec 2, 2003 9:30 pm
One addendum, ... the residuals are quite high - I wonder what the reason may be (apart from being a wrong identification...) Cheers, Maik -- If they give you...
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sfhoenig@...
sfhoenig
Dec 2, 2003 10:32 pm
... being a ... Not really. This is rather typical for measurments at this time. I guess they didn't use Astrometrica that time :) Regards, Sebastian ... ...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Dec 3, 2003 6:11 am
... understandably. ;) Well, shouldn't the comet now be renamed as Kowal-LINEAR? Maik -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. * Juan Ramon...
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Konrad.Horn@...
Dec 3, 2003 7:19 pm
I added 2 animations to my homepage: http://home.t-online.de/home/konrad.horn/index.htm Encke from Nov. 18, 50X60sec (8 Mbyte) HT50 from Nov. 20 during strong...
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twopetroos
Dec 3, 2003 9:44 pm
Hi Konrad, ... Those are auroral curtains. There are some nice pictures at this link from the Nov. 20th storm. ...
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cnj999
Dec 3, 2003 11:54 pm
This evening I had what will probably be my last look at 2P/Encke for this apparition. Although its coma is now shrinking, the comet is still a rather large...
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terryjlovejoy
Dec 4, 2003 9:47 pm
I notice at this apparition of Encke the prospects of seeing it at perihelion are about as good as they get. As far as I know Encke hasn't been seen from...
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cnj999
Dec 5, 2003 2:48 am
... an ... favourably ... Perhaps ... Terry's suggestion of attempting to spy 2P/Encke near perihelion passage would indeed be an interesting challenge for...
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Dennis Persyk
dennis_persyk
Dec 5, 2003 9:39 pm
I would love to observe and image 2P/Encke on the 29th of December! But, I fear it is going to be much too faint. My noonday VLM of stars near the sun though...
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Dennis Persyk
dennis_persyk
Dec 6, 2003 2:51 am
Tonight at 2318 UT Dec 5 2P/Encke was only 16 degrees above the horizon. To my utter amazement it was a very prominent golden/green color in the 4-inch...
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John Lowe
ohmegacentauri
Dec 6, 2003 7:05 am
Dennis, Certainly don't try to see 2P/Encke in broad daylight. On the date of perihelion, the comet still rises 85 minutes before the sun from latitude 25...
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Mike Holloway
tricks46
Dec 6, 2003 3:32 pm
... Murphy's law. I truly understand what this feels like. I was trying to image the comet on the 5th also. My laptop screen had gone down and I had a...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Dec 6, 2003 3:50 pm
Hello all, I have just uploaded updated analyses of C/2001 Q4, C/2002 O7 and T7 and 2P made by Andreas Kammerer. The prospects for the potentially two bright...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Dec 6, 2003 5:17 pm
Hello all, for those who have not noticed, there is an extended statement regarding the List of Last Observations of Comets on the ICQ homepage ( ...
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Dennis Persyk
dennis_persyk
Dec 6, 2003 8:32 pm
Last night I observed and imaged this comet for what may be the last time. I caught it shortly after sunset as it was sinking in the west. I was amazed to...
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androsc2003
Dec 6, 2003 10:18 pm
Hi, tonight, 6.12. approx. 19:00 in Austria, the fog lifted before the next cold front came rolling in, so I literally had some minutes to get an image - also...
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Reiner M. Stoss
rms1kpde
Dec 6, 2003 10:48 pm
... You are not a member of the group starlightxpress. ... The files section of that group seems open only to members. This means, the group settings is...
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androsc2003
Dec 7, 2003 7:08 am
Sorry, I did not realize this. I uploaded to the files section here and the comet is just to the right of center: ...
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davejm28
Dec 7, 2003 9:15 am
On a very chilly Wednesday morning I observed C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) from 6:45 to 7:30 UT with magnifications ranging from 118x to 259x using the 17" f/15...
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Waldemar Skorupa
prinzpaul
Dec 7, 2003 10:03 am
Hello, last night was clear here in the western part of Germany. Ok there was a lot of moonlight but I tried my luck. If you like you are invited to see the...
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Mike Androsch
androsc2003
Dec 7, 2003 10:21 am
Hi, great image! I am hoping for clear weather tonight or tomorrow so I can try my luck through my scope too. What was the focal length and how long did you...
