Hi all, following the elliptical solution without adjustments C/2003 T12 (SOHO) Perihelion 2003 Oct 14.413 TT Epoch 2003 Oct 8.0 TT = JDT 2452920.5 (2000.0)...
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karlbattams
May 24, 2004 8:56 pm
Hi all, Just letting you know that I'll be on vacation (yay!) from this wednesday until next tuesday (June 1st). Until then, there will not be a site...
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Michael Boschat
mikeboschat
May 30, 2004 11:53 am
NEW COMET SWAN (C/2004 H6) Michael Mattiazzo, Andrew Pearce, and Colin Drescher -- all in Australia -- have now sighted a comet that was first suspected on...
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Michael Boschat
mikeboschat
May 30, 2004 1:03 pm
Hi: Say if 2 or 3 comets appear at the same time in a C3 or C2 image how would we report them using the form? Clear skies ... Michael Boschat Halifax Center -...
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Sebastian F. Hoenig
sfhoenig
May 30, 2004 1:11 pm
... From simple arithmetics I would say: 2 or 3 reports. If you do this parallely with 2 or 3 browser windows open or consecutive is your choice. Sebastian ......
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Charles Bell
quantumhyper...
Jun 1, 2004 9:29 pm
Jun 01 2004 17:21:24 Mr Sungrazer ... sungrazer@... Hi all, Confirmations: Soho# Date/Time of Post Discoverer Tel Group Images of... ...
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Carey Johnson
quarkcsj
Jun 4, 2004 4:12 am
Venus is now visible in SOHO LASCO C3 images. It will be interesting to see what it looks like on the other images for the Transit. Carey...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jun 18, 2004 1:49 pm
Karl, it is impressive how fast the backlog is now worked on! Keep it running! ;) I guess it will be a lot more comfortable for you once you're up to date with...
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karlbattams
Jun 18, 2004 6:45 pm
Thanks! Feel free to shower me with gifts and money... ;-) ... running!...
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karlbattams
Jun 18, 2004 9:21 pm
Hi all, It has been pointed out to me that on the recent MPEC, I inadvertantly credited Rainer with soho743 instead of XingMing. I've emailed Brian about it,...
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Tony Hoffman
tonyjhoffman
Jun 27, 2004 7:24 pm
Another, very minor point on this is that Brian should have reversed the order of the first two names on the circular. SOHO-742 and 743 were a fairly close...
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Tony Hoffman
tonyjhoffman
Jun 28, 2004 4:06 am
The object in my post of Jun 27 2004 23:08:50 may be double, with a secondary component a few pixels below the positions I reported. Tony...
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karlbattams
Jun 30, 2004 4:43 pm
Hi All, It's taken around seven months, and often up to 20hrs a week, but I am finally up-to-date with the astrometry backlog! Yay! I'm sending them off to...
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Tony Hoffman
tonyjhoffman
Jun 30, 2004 5:01 pm
Karl-- Congratulations on your getting through the backlog! Tony...
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Charles Bell
quantumhyper...
Jun 30, 2004 5:29 pm
For guys like me who don't work at jpl, nasa, college, university, observatory, .. is it possible to see any QL or LZ data on the internet that you mention. ...
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karlbattams
Jun 30, 2004 6:38 pm
Hi Charles, Good question, and I'm going to partially take back some of what I said, which was an overly simplified version. There are actually 3 data streams...
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Tony Hoffman
tonyjhoffman
Jul 2, 2004 1:15 pm
My comet that entered C2 at 0000 June 27 can also be seen in C3, most clearly at 26 June 2004 2318 613,625 2342 610,622 --Tony...
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Tony Hoffman
tonyjhoffman
Jul 6, 2004 10:43 pm
... The lesson: Always include precise positions. :-)...
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Tony Hoffman
tonyjhoffman
Jul 8, 2004 5:04 am
This is a strange claim, admittedly a bit of a long shot; it's either a Kracht(?) comet that's periodically obscured by the CME streamer (hence the scant...
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Tony Hoffman
tonyjhoffman
Jul 8, 2004 5:15 am
... either ... 0230 ... it ... Well, I don't see anything where it would have emerged from the streamer, so I suppose it's only noise, and I've withdrawn the...
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karlbattams
Jul 8, 2004 8:20 pm
I've added the Kracht II-group page to the sungrazer site. I've been discussing with Rainer what the official name of the group is, and we never really came to...
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Sebastian F. Hoenig
sfhoenig
Jul 8, 2004 8:46 pm
Hello Karl, ... If I were you I wouldn't start to give it a name at all. The problem is that we a) don't know if it *is* a group or simply a subgroup, b) if it...
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Mike Boschat
mikeboschat
Jul 8, 2004 10:07 pm
... I say "IF" these are a new group of comets we need to get better data on them then let the IAU decided if they should be called the Kracht II-group. Clear...
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rainerkracht
Jul 8, 2004 10:47 pm
... problem is that we a) don't know if it *is* a group or simply a subgroup, b) if it is a single object (yes, this may also be the case) and c) know...
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karlbattams
Jul 16, 2004 2:02 pm
Hi all, We're having some issues with the .pl and .cgi scripts on ares. As a result, the report form AND the comment forms are not working on the sungrazer...
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karlbattams
Jul 16, 2004 5:23 pm
All should be back to normal again. I think we've got it fixed. As always, email me if you have any problems with the site. ~~Karl...
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karlbattams
Jul 19, 2004 2:07 pm
Hi all, Before someone else notices... I made another typo when I sent the last lot of comets off to Brian Marsden. I accidentally credited Rainer with soho800...
Known comet now entering Images: C2 (0,0) Lower Right. 1024x1024 images. 20040708 03:27:40 Kreutz group comet. 1230 1 231 1254 15 248 1331 37 275...
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karlbattams
Jul 23, 2004 1:03 pm
Hmmm... odd. Thanks for pointing that out, XingMing. Fortunately every report is logged (hence the "your report has been logged as..." message), so this is...