Hi all, I think this is a very bright Marsden group comet. Nice find! Cheers, Maik -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. * Juan Ramon Jimenez ...
Hi all, this morning (Nov 9) Heiner's bright Marsden is nicely visible in C3 now making its turn backwards to the Sun again. Cheers, Maik -- If they give you...
Hi, I am at the beginners level of SOHO comet hunting. Today I havent been able to get any C3 images later than 2004/11/10 22:18. Is it normal for this to...
Steve, ... welcome aboard. ... Yes, it is. The delayed images will be posted later. ... There was formerly a German mirror for the 1024x1024 images but this...
I have updated my ranked list of comet discoverers at: http://astro.planetjd.com/Lists/ALLTime.html Please send any corrections to: jim{at}planetJD.com Happy...
... Jim, I'm surprised to see Bradfield languishing all the way down there in 18th spot. He better lift his game! Perhaps you should weight ground based...
Vello, ... this is why I tell all the media who approach me now and then for an interview that I do not regard myself as a comet hunter or discoverer. It is...
... It's different, but I wouldn't belittle the effort. I'm sure there is plenty of hard work involved in each discovery and of course each one is keenly...
Hello Vello, 2 cents on this from a guy who does and succeeded in both fields... :) From a personal experience SOHO comet hunting is nothing compared to real...
Hi all, I'm going to replicate my post from the sungrazer site and add a little more at the end: ========================== In a few hours (2pm-ish EST) we are...
Hi, Vello— I think you caught both sides of the issue well. On one hand, SOHO and night-sky comet hunting are not really comparable in any meaningful sense;...
Possible comet in LASCO C3 images Date: Sunday, November 14, 2004 Brief description: Faint comet no tail visible Positions: 1024x1024 images, (0,0) upper left ...
... Tony, I agree wholeheartedly. There has been much useful science as a result of amateur SOHO hunter's work and the people who spend the long hours ...
Hi Vello and Tony, ... one moment please! ;) ... since a few months I have started a long-term project to write a book about the history of comet hunting which...
Date 2004-11-14 C3, 1024x1024 0,0 upper left 05:18 558, 647 05:42 556, 643 movement, shape okay for a Kreutz, next image will finally decide -- If they...
Congrats, Maik-- It shows up at 06:18, right on track. --Tony ... Jimenez ... ______________________________________________________________________ __...
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Tony, ... I guess you have to be patient; I still have to do a lot of researching of original sources which will take quite some time. At least the principle...
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Hi all, the C3 Kreutz, which I reported this morning, has entered C2 at 10:26 UT. In C3 I was only able to detect it for sure from 04:18 UT to 07:42 UT. ...
Vinzenz, ... Gary's book (for which I helped him with several original sources and translations, see the acknowledgements in Volume II) deals with a...
I'm not sure that the C3 comet that I reported last night actually is non-group; it might actually be a Kreutz Subgroup II, which I believe would follow a path...
Hi all, ... Tony is right -- of course this may be a subgroup II member or an outlier of the Kreutz group which always appears now and then. My spreadsheet...
Hi "Drinkme2" (?) ... Cosmic ray hits. Nothing to lose sleep about. Cheers, Maik -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. * Juan Ramon Jimenez ...
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