Tom, et al;
There were low clouds this evening and I did not see anything looking
through the low cloud cover.
Steve Coe
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Comet McNaught in the evening
Steve,
We failed to see it, and I really thought we had done everything right,
including a plot with a horizon using planetarium software. We even set =
the
Pronto up on the roof; I'm sure the neighbors were amused. I wonder if =
I
was looking too low, as I had the altitude at only a half hour after =
sunset
as being only about half that of Venus. Sounds like operator error on =
my
part.
As for the -4 magnitude, I've been reading 0 or -1 on the comets-ml
Yahoogroup. It is more than 4 magnitudes brighter than the orginal
ephemeris.
Tom
---- Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:=20
> Howdy all;
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> I just, and I do mean just, caught a quick look at Comet McNaught =
above
the
> sunset. About 45 minutes after the ball of the Sun disappeared, I =
made
the
> observation below. This is from Phoenix, I have a pretty flat western
> horizon and there is a gentle climb to get to my house.
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> 8X42 binoculars from my driveway, very faint, low contrast round glow =
just
> seen in the evening twilight. Not much from in town with the =
binoculars,
> but there was a faint fuzz ball at the correct position "under" =
Altair.
It
> has an altitude just less than Venus in the western sky. =20
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> I don't know who said that this thing has a calculated magnitude of =
-4,
but
> it certainly was a lot fainter than Venus to my eye.
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> I hope someone else got a chance to see it;
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> Steve Coe
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