Gidday All, I don't see any SOHO reports for 20081119, that matches this one. Going for STEREO/SECCHI 7, what do you think? (0,0) uplft pixvalue x y 1...
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Michal Kusiak
komeciarz
Nov 21, 2008 11:41 am
Hi Alan, I checked *.png images available here: http://secchi.nrl.navy.mil/sccimages/index.php?subdir=HI_STARS_B/20081118/1024¬humb=0 I can confirm this...
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algwat
Nov 23, 2008 3:27 am
Thanks for the confirmation Michal, rgds Alan ... http://secchi.nrl.navy.mil/sccimages/index.php? subdir=HI_STARS_B/20081118/1024¬humb=0 ... found STEREO-7....
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algwat
Nov 23, 2008 3:31 am
Gidday All here is challange, I have been searching in the STEREO-A HI2 images for this comet. By my reckoning it should be square in the middle of the current...
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Parrish
rrmedic
Nov 23, 2008 4:01 pm
Congrats Alen!!!! Made a page/gif for anyone to use as referance, use as you wish! http://www.rrmedic.com/secchi7.htm Your an Animal!!!! ~parrish...
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algwat
Nov 23, 2008 8:54 pm
Gidday Parish, Good to see that your still looking, the images are nicely scaled. There still is one day, the 20081119, missing on the HI-1B side I have looked...
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Matthew Knight
mmk8a
Nov 24, 2008 8:04 pm
Alan, To my knowledge 85P/Boethin has not been recovered since the 1986 apparition. It was intended to be the target of the Deep Impact extended mission (now...
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Alan Watson
algwat
Nov 25, 2008 10:01 am
Thank you Mathew, for the link and the Feed back. I guess that it will not show up , but it is worth looking anyway. I can load a full month of HI2-a images...
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algwat
Nov 26, 2008 10:14 am
F.Y.I rgds Alan. Known - Jiangao Ruan - Images: C3; 20081123 19:51:12 (0,0) uplft image pixvalue x y slice 1 H1b:20081123_152901_s4h1B 22.4277 28 703 24 ...
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Alan Watson
algwat
Nov 27, 2008 8:19 am
Sorry the reports for 20081124 have confused me The C2 report looks to early F.Y.I rgds Alan. (0,0) uplft image pixvalue x y Slice 1 H1b:20081124_092901_s4h1B...
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Rainer Kracht
rainerkracht
Nov 27, 2008 1:01 pm
Hi Alan, I think this is Jiangao's C3 from 20081124 22:23:58 It entered C2 20081125 03:30 about 16 hours after it had left HI1B. Rainer...
... Eryk's comet looks good for this one. From HI1B to C2 in 17 hours. Rainer...
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Alan Watson
algwat
Dec 6, 2008 10:47 pm
Thanks, Rainer. Your C2 would be next, but is illusive at the moment in HI1b 1203 images I'll leave it to you for a couple of days. kind regards, Alan. ... ...
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algwat
Dec 9, 2008 9:31 am
Sohohunter from Shihong Yuan at 2:47am Dec 05 2008 09:57:04 Mr Sungrazer - confirming A double view in HI and in COR2A and Cor2B I expect F.Y.I Rgds Alan ...
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algwat
Dec 9, 2008 11:11 am
Gidday All, Given this comets view in C2 and C3 and now the HI positions. Would this comet still be a kreutz group comet or a non group comet? I cannot work...
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ruanjiangao
Dec 9, 2008 4:54 pm
Hi Alan, I do not think it is a non group comet,the comet found by Masanori Uchina at Dec 08 2008 22:57:39 moving like this one. Regards Jiangao` ... ...
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algwat
Dec 11, 2008 7:55 pm
A non group, non kreutz comet is moving in HI1b. see positions. I have not been able to relate it to a known comet as yet. so reporting it here Also Masanori...
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karlbattams
Dec 11, 2008 8:41 pm
Dear all, The non-group object reported by Alan is definitely real, and definitely non-group. But is it known or not...?! Lulin should be heading into that...
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Rainer Kracht
rainerkracht
Dec 11, 2008 8:52 pm
Hi, I have confirmed that it's not one of the currently bright comets: not C/2008 A1 McNaught not C/2006 W3 Christensen not C/2006 OF2 Broughton and not 29P...
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Rainer Kracht
rainerkracht
Dec 11, 2008 10:35 pm
... Congrats Alan!! This one seems to be new. I have measured seven positions 20081208 06:09 - 22:49 UTC with Astrometrica . The magnitude is close to mag 10. ...
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Steve E. Farmer Jr.
steve_farmer_jr
Dec 11, 2008 10:39 pm
Congrats Alan! Would this comet be visible from ground-based scopes? Steve ... From: stereohunter@yahoogroups.com [mailto:stereohunter@yahoogroups.com]On ...
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algwat
Dec 11, 2008 11:40 pm
Gidday Steve, not sure, I really hope so, it looks to be outbound to me. So may past 20 degress from the sun At work so cannot be be more interactive. Thanks...
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Steve E. Farmer Jr.
steve_farmer_jr
Dec 11, 2008 11:42 pm
Hi Alan, If it’s within my view I’ll be glad to give it a try. Maybe with a few more positions an ephemeris can be generated. Steve ... From:...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Dec 12, 2008 5:41 am
Rainer, are you sure that it is not P/2003 K2? ... the predicted elements for P/2003 K2 are q = 0.5339 peri = 345.92 node = 93.85 i = 10.22 The perihelion date...
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karlbattams
Dec 12, 2008 9:58 am
Hi all, I'll try to measure a few positions tomorrow and get them to Brian. It looks like the comet will be in HI1 for quite a while so I think there'll be...
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algwat
Dec 12, 2008 10:25 am
Gidday Rainer and Maik, When I turn on the orbit path for this comet in Starry night, it crosses the FOv locations very close to the star patterns I see this ...
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Ian Musgrave & Peta O...
ianfmusgrave
Dec 12, 2008 12:51 pm
G'Day All ... I'm probably being stupid but... When plotting the New Horizons output for P/2003 K2 in SkyMap its way the heck over in Scorpio, as seen from H1b...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Dec 12, 2008 12:55 pm
Ian, ... the orbit of P/2003 K2 is uncertain in T by maybe +/- 1 month. So, perihelion time may be in early December or late january as well. The comet has not...
