After weeks of reading the reports of our friends in the South on A1, this morning at 0530 UT I finally got my first visual sighting of Comet 2006 A1 only 9deg...
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mercury593065
Mar 1, 2006 3:47 pm
It's been raining and cloudy here in Simi Valley, since I first reported Comet Pojmanski on the 25th. However, I did get out this morning, between the clouds,...
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Michael Mattiazzo
cometmanau
Mar 2, 2006 10:30 am
Hello all, My latest images reveal Comet 2006 A1 Pojmanski is sporting a rather long ion tail. See images posted to my website at: ...
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Dave Herald
dave_herald
Mar 2, 2006 11:07 am
For those that haven't noticed, the latest orbit of Pojmanski (including positions up to Feb 28) gives a slightly parabolic orbit - 0.99976. See: ...
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Jose Pablo
darkman71es
Mar 2, 2006 2:25 pm
Hi all : In the web of comets , http://webs.ono.com/jpab or http://www.cometas.tk the last light curve visual of comet 2006 A1 , based in 80 magnitudes...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Mar 2, 2006 5:46 pm
Dear colleagues, * C/2004 B1 ( LINEAR ) Jim Gifford reported that it was so faint as 14 mag on Feb. 26, much fainter than expected. The brightness evolution of...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Mar 2, 2006 5:46 pm
Dear colleagues, ... Thank you for your valuable observation report! I updated the light curve including the future fading (just my imagination, of course :-) ...
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Seiichi Yoshida
seiichi_yosh...
Mar 2, 2006 5:51 pm
Dear colleagues, Nakano and some other Japanese calculators succeeded to link the recent observations of component G with the component E in 2001. If the...
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jinzhao_318
Mar 3, 2006 11:36 am
Hi all: 2006 Mar.1.90 M1=5.0 ; D=2'; DC=8 ;tail:1'X30' 400mm reflector Observation from Daqing Zhang Kaifeng, Henan, China Cheers Jin Zhao Hangzhou, Zhejiang...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Mar 3, 2006 11:40 am
Dear list, I kindly ask all observers to post routine observations of comet C/2006 A1 to our sister group CometObs and not in this list (exceptions being...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Mar 3, 2006 12:19 pm
It is unfortunate that many dedicated observers have chosen to not post to the CometObs group; there seems to be little alternative other than to post to Chuck...
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John Drummond
john_drummon...
Mar 3, 2006 9:12 pm
Hi Clay, Clay could you please clarify who to submit observations to, as I'm (I hate to say it) slightly confused over recent changes (I got an email from ...
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P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Mar 3, 2006 9:20 pm
Hello John.... There should be a link on that page which is still active (http://cometobservation.com/ ) I do know that he gets behind occasionally, but the...
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Colin James Watling
silveronmywi...
Mar 4, 2006 5:20 pm
looks like a good one for us amateurs although I'll have to be up by 05.00hours tomorrow morning to see this one with my 20x60 Russian mounted binoculars from...
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maciek.jarmoc
Mar 5, 2006 5:53 pm
... I saw her firs time (beacouse of weather) today morning, at 4 UT using 26x70 binoculars, fantastic view. I didn't saw tail, the background was to bright....
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Mar 6, 2006 2:13 am
Dear all, I first came across the following quote in 1973 in one of the numerous books that were brought out in great haste following the discovery of...
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Rodney Austin
rodcomet
Mar 6, 2006 2:48 am
Hi Dave, I presume you actually meant 'slightly elliptical"? Cheers Rod Austin ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Colin James Watling
silveronmywi...
Mar 6, 2006 8:22 am
... one-saves me getting up really early, however i think i could just pick this one out in the early morning eastern twilight sky about 25 degrees up around ...
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martin mc kenna
martinastro2003
Mar 6, 2006 12:27 pm
Hi all I have observed this nice new Comet on two mornings from N.Ireland very low in the eastern sky. The comet was observed with the naked eye, 10X50 Bin, 8"...
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cnj999
Mar 6, 2006 2:17 pm
... numerous books that were brought out in great haste following the discovery of C/Kohoutek. It was attributed to Sir David Gill. ... tail of the Comet...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Mar 6, 2006 2:28 pm
Dear list, I kindly ask all posters again to stop posting routine observations (in this case especially for C/2006 A1) and post these instead into our sister...
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cnj999
Mar 6, 2006 4:36 pm
Re further concerning the tail of the Great September Comet of 1882, On the morning of September 20th, Eddie reported the brilliant tail as 5 degrees long and...
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David Seargent
seargent@...
Mar 6, 2006 11:35 pm
... John, Many thanks for relating what Gill actually DID say! You confirmed my suspicions about the passage and I wonder if the part about the long tail was...
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cnj999
Mar 7, 2006 3:27 am
... spectacular ... my ... long tail ... darker sky ... Unfortunately ... serious ... Schaaf (1997). ... as "a ... Gill's ... Neither ... length for ... ...
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Bernd Brinkmann
b48doher
Mar 7, 2006 8:07 am
Hello Maik, I couldn't reach http://www.fg-kometen.de/ or http://www.comethunter.de/ The error is (146) Connection refused. Any idea? clear skies Bernd Bernd...
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Ireneusz Wlodarczyk
astrobit@...
Mar 7, 2006 8:22 am
Here OK, Irek 553 Chorzow ... From: "Bernd Brinkmann" <bernd.brinkmann@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:07 AM ...
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A.Wulff@...
astrowulff
Mar 7, 2006 9:17 am
Hello Bernd, it works fine, no problems here. May be a problem in your network? Clear skies, Andre...
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Bernd Brinkmann
b48doher
Mar 7, 2006 9:40 am
Hello, ... thanks for your reply. A few minutes later the connection was ok for me too. clear skies Bernd Bernd Brinkmann Sternwarte Herne, MPC code A18 Herne,...
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Jerzy Bohusz
jbohusz@...
Mar 7, 2006 10:55 am
Hello all. It works without problems. Clear skies. Jurek...
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Jose Pablo
darkman71es
Mar 7, 2006 8:36 pm
Hi all , In the web : http://webs.ono.com/jpab , the last visual light curve , ( 95 magnitudes visuals). Regards .... J.P.Navarro Pina [Non-text portions of...