I tried to spot comet SWAN this morning, but failed. I did find the place where this comet supposed to be, and did spot a star of mag 9.86 in the same field...
Hi Steed (?), Y. Nagai observed C/2004 H6 (SWAN) on June 29.74UT with 20x100 binoculars. He states m1=8.3: and coma, dia. =4'. Also, as announced on MPEC...
Akimasa Nakamura
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Jul 4, 2004 9:47 am
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I was fortunate to have very clear skies last evening (July 4.09UT) allowing me a fine view of C/2003 K4 just prior to moonrise with the comet situated in the...
Hi all, I thought that this abstract might be of interest: Title: Are Comets 42P/Neujmin 3 and 53P/Van Biesbroeck Parts of one Comet? Authors: Pittichova, J.;...
Dear list, since some days there has been quite a flood of new members in this list, all with e-mail addresses "...@...". Some of these have already...
Very interesting Maik. If they share a common origin they should have similar Tisserand parameters after the interaction with jupiter and so they have: 42P...
Does anyone know of any current comets,astroids, or others currently viewable around Dallas,Tx? I work the graveyard shift (1800 to 0600) so my observing time...
Eric, ... I appreciate your mentioning my web site, but please don't post my private email address. I'm not sure under what conditions it is legible, but I'd...
A month ago I asked to use some comet images and information from people and I'd like to thank them here: Tom Teters, Gerald Rhemann & Michael Jager, John...
Hi all, since there seems now obviously some weather related downtime with some of the surveys I wondered if this can be verified statistically over the last...
Dear listmembers, We have updated the Henden files in the comp-stars section for Guide8 users of our homepage ( http://www.shopplaza.nl/astro/ ) with some 30...
reinder j bouma
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Jul 12, 2004 8:09 am
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... answered!!!! Rotating the chart and zooming in I could see that Howell is in the right place alligned against the stars. I usually use Starry Night Pro but...
Hi to members... I just joined the site and am looking forward to having some interface with group members. I thought I'd contribute a 'fun' link to the site....
Hello list, IAUC 8372 just announced this year's Edgar Wilson Awards. Congratulations to Bill Bradfield and Vello. Regards, Sebastian Quote from IAUC 8372: ...
Sebastian F. Hoenig
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Jul 12, 2004 6:44 pm
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Hi list, the comet is now starting to become visible for Central Europe and comparable latitudes. The last visual observation I know of is by A. Amorim of June...
C/2004 H6 (SWAN): 2004 July 13.08 UT: m1=8.9, Dia.=5', DC=2, 25x100B, ( Alto del Castro - Aralla, alt. 1720 m, Leon, North Spain) [ Diffuse. Coma enhanced with...
Mike, ... I think they caught it on July 11, on June 11 in Austria the comet was rising later than the Sun and seting before it (so it was above horizon only...
A unexpected clearing at sunset produced a beautiful dark sky. Earlier the day I had prepared charts witn Guide 8 software to follow this comet. It has been...
... coma diameters??? ... Yes, I did. After looking at sizes of planetary nebula for the last few day it stuck with me. Looking at my notebook entry, I wrote...
Dear list, it is interesting to not that while the comet was described as medium condensed and still in the 7m range at least until June 25, it now seems to...
Dear Giovanni, Today I updated the light curve of C/2003 K4: http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2003K4/2003K4.html The rapid brightening along 20 log r...
Dear Steed, Today I updated the light curve of C/2004 H6: http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2004H6/2004H6.html As already pointed out by Maik Meyer, it...
... Dear Seiichi, thank you for this update. For visual observers, I think that the increasing size of the coma due to its decreasing delta, you mentioned,...
Hi Maik, yes I agree. After my previous view of H6 on the 21st June (mag 7.7, 4' in size, and a DC of 6) and last night's (14th July - 3 weeks later) view (mag...
... now. ... this ... Based strictly on the best visual data gathered using only binoculars, this comet's increase in total magnitude is not yet really all...
