... coma; ... to ... Hi John, I 'm new to the group, so I 'll try to behave myself. I uploaded a small jpg picture in the 'Photos' part, in th 17/P Holmes...
19941
Yahoo - Wodaski
rwodaski
Nov 4, 2007 4:58 am
I took a few images of the comet recently and, spurred by some color images taken by Jerry Lodrigus that showed some faint blue streamers on one side, likely...
19942
Brian D. Warner
brianw_mpo
Nov 4, 2007 5:48 am
Just in case you have your imaging computer on local time and are going through the night, don't forget that DST ends in the U.S. Sunday morning at 2AM local. ...
19943
Patrick Wiggins
scubaskydive...
Nov 5, 2007 1:36 am
Anyone else having trouble reaching the MPC's New Object Ephemeris Generator (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/NewObjEphems.html)? Thanks, patrick 718...
19944
Bill J Gray
feliks314159
Nov 5, 2007 1:44 am
Hi Patrick, Most, if not all, of the cfa-www.harvard.edu links have moved over to www.cfa.harvard.edu, including this one. Try this link: ...
19945
Patrick Wiggins
scubaskydive...
Nov 5, 2007 2:14 am
Thanks but I've now tried both http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/ NewObjEphems.html , http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/ NewObjEphems.html and...
19946
Bert Stevens
whocares88012
Nov 6, 2007 1:10 am
Here is an interesting article about the 30th anniversary of the VMS operating system. The interesting part is the couple of paragraphs quoting a certain...
19947
john@...
johnlmenke
Nov 6, 2007 2:23 pm
I have updated the pdf at http://www.menkescientific.com/Comet17P-Holmes.pdf to include the measurement of the radial intensity of a mosaic of images of Comet...
19948
sierrastars2
Nov 8, 2007 6:31 am
A couple of night agao I took images of comet Holmes that show what I believe are part of the dust tail from the comet. As you can see below I took Lunimance...
19949
sierrastars2
Nov 8, 2007 6:31 am
Hi: I thought that some of you might be interested in the images I took with the Sierra Stars Observatory. Camera: FLI Proline 09000 Filter wheel: FLI CW4-5...
19950
Carey Johnson
quarkcsj
Nov 8, 2007 8:55 am
I was going to image this one but it is too cloudy here. Date Hour Mag Delta (UTC) h m s...
19951
Peter Birtwhistle
pbirtwhistle
Nov 8, 2007 11:57 pm
Take a look at MPEC 2007-V69 just announced... http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K07/K07V69.html "The minimum distance from the geocenter is 0.000081 AU (1.89...
19952
Richard Kowalski
mpmlowner
Nov 9, 2007 12:08 am
I'll be at G96 that night, but I'll be surveying for more objects instead of doing photometry. If anyone gets a light curve, I'd be interested in seeing it. ...
19953
Alan W Harris
harrisaw
Nov 9, 2007 12:15 am
2007 VN84 is significant in that it not only comes closer, it is much bigger, around 20 m in diameter, compared to 2004 FU162 only about 1/3 that size. Based...
19954
Denis Denisenko
dendarahden
Nov 9, 2007 12:19 am
Isn't it Rosetta (not-a-stone)? 2007 VN84 (H=26.3) had a close encounter with Mars in the last decade of February this year. Compare the dates and distances...
19955
Richard Kowalski
mpmlowner
Nov 9, 2007 12:36 am
Suspiciously similar ephemerides until closest approach. Good catch Den Richard ... Richard...
19956
Reiner M. Stoss
rms1kpde
Nov 9, 2007 12:58 am
... Reminds me of 2001 DO47... Reiner...
19957
Reiner M. Stoss
rms1kpde
Nov 9, 2007 1:05 am
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K07/K07V70.html ... A. U. Tomatic (C) Copyright 2007 MPC M.P.E.C. 2007-V70 ... Amazing! A. U. Tomatic...
19958
Reiner M. Stoss
rms1kpde
Nov 9, 2007 1:19 am
... Sorry, Rich, a bit too late for the Rosetta photo contest :-P That one was won by station 540: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMKI9W797E_FeatureWeek_0.html No...
19959
John Mahony
jmmahony
Nov 9, 2007 2:35 am
... 2007-V70 ... Tim has now taken credit: " The minimum distance from the geocenter is 0.000081 AU (1.89 Earth radii) on Nov 13.844 UT. Timothy B. Spahr...
19960
Richard Kowalski
mpmlowner
Nov 9, 2007 2:45 am
... Actually no. Tim generated the original MPEC. The Editorial was signed by Auto. Richard...
19961
Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Nov 9, 2007 3:10 am
What I find interesting is that although the orbit is still relatively uncertain (semimajor axis anywhere from 1.165 to 1.212 AU, the miss distance for all...
19962
Stefano Sposetti
sposettistefano
Nov 9, 2007 8:17 am
I agree with you, Denis. 2007 VN84 = ROSETTA Cheers, Stefano 143...
19963
Reiner M. Stoss
rms1kpde
Nov 9, 2007 9:33 am
Salue Stefano, ... I doubt the Rosetta folks would be happy to lose the principal designation in this linkage, so I would suggest that it's rather: ROSETTA =...
19964
Bill J Gray
feliks314159
Nov 9, 2007 4:17 pm
Hello all, I noticed the comment, on MPEC 2007-V70, that the SSC ephemerides for this object start on 12 November. The Horizons ephemeris covers a much...
19965
Bill J Gray
feliks314159
Nov 9, 2007 4:57 pm
I've just posted a pseudo-MPEC for this object at http://home.gwi.net/~pluto/mpecs/rosetta2.htm A couple of comments: H=26.4 corresponds to a rock about 13 to...
19966
Christian
chrisk0304
Nov 9, 2007 9:59 pm
Please keep observing Rosetta inbound and outbound to Earth and report observations as usual to MPC. This unusual event may be used for testing software...
19967
Richard Kowalski
mpmlowner
Nov 9, 2007 10:25 pm
Note that this url brings you to a commercial site, not related to JPL. the domain should end with .gov NOT .org ... Richard...
19968
P. Clay Sherrod
drclay2002
Nov 9, 2007 10:33 pm
Yep...the spam is still popping all over my screen and some of it is not appropriate. Thanks for the correction on this. Dr. Clay ... Arkansas Sky...
19969
Christian
chrisk0304
Nov 9, 2007 10:34 pm
Ooops - my lousy typing - the correct url is: <http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi> Sorry folks, Christian...
