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...
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Akimasa Nakamura
a-nakamu@...
Jul 4, 2004 9:47 am
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...
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cnj999
Jul 4, 2004 12:11 pm
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...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jul 6, 2004 1:42 pm
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.;...
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Dennis Persyk
dennis_persyk
Jul 7, 2004 12:06 am
With everyone imaging very bright Q4 NEAT these days, I opted for a much dimmer comet: C/2003 G1 LINEAR at magnitude 17.0 per Seiichi Yoshida,...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jul 8, 2004 4:59 am
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...
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Juan Lacruz
juan_lacruz
Jul 8, 2004 1:59 pm
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...
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gb1261@...
gb1261
Jul 9, 2004 4:38 am
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...
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KCStarguy@...
kcstarguy2001
Jul 9, 2004 12:06 pm
gb1261 Here are some sites to help. ? let me know http://www.aerith.net/comet/current.html http://www.arksky.org/cgi-bin/comettable.pl ...
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Greg Crinklaw
capellasoft
Jul 9, 2004 1:33 pm
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...
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Rob Overfield
rob_overfield
Jul 10, 2004 7:39 pm
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...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jul 11, 2004 9:21 am
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...
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reinder j bouma
rjbouma@...
Jul 12, 2004 8:09 am
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...
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KCStarguy@...
kcstarguy2001
Jul 12, 2004 1:41 pm
... 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...
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Carl Nemo
nemo666net9a
Jul 12, 2004 5:55 pm
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....
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Sebastian F. Hoenig
shoenig@...
Jul 12, 2004 6:44 pm
Hello list, IAUC 8372 just announced this year's Edgar Wilson Awards. Congratulations to Bill Bradfield and Vello. Regards, Sebastian Quote from IAUC 8372: ...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jul 13, 2004 12:06 pm
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...
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Piotr Guzik
piotrek16
Jul 13, 2004 11:04 pm
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...
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sabiajohn@...
sabiajohn
Jul 14, 2004 4:55 pm
I found my own typo , C/2003 K4 Linera, after I sent it. John D. Sabia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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NETGO
mjbcomets
Jul 14, 2004 7:59 pm
Hi John Also, did you not mean arc minutes rather than seconds for your coma diameters??? Regards Mike Begbie ... From: sabiajohn@... To:...
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sabiajohn
Jul 15, 2004 4:02 am
... 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...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jul 15, 2004 7:28 am
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...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Jul 15, 2004 10:26 am
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...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Jul 15, 2004 10:26 am
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...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Jul 15, 2004 10:37 am
... 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,...
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John Drummond
john_drummon...
Jul 15, 2004 11:12 am
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...
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cnj999
Jul 15, 2004 1:48 pm
... 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...
