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["Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jimmy, et al;

A very faint, low contrast glow in the clouds over the western horizon with
the 8X42 binocs, not much.

My wife says that McNaught is a "not".

Maybe tomorrow night the low clouds will move on;
Steve Coe

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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jimmy Ray
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Comet McNaught in the evening

Comet visible now, bright, tail looks "split through 10x50 binos. Half way
between Altair and Venus. Lower that Venus by a few degrees..

Jimmy Ray

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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Comet McNaught in the evening



I observed comet McNaught Sunday evening from my back deck using 10x50
binoculars. I first spotted the comet about 5:58 pm and took several
exposures
with my Nikon D70. Viewed through thin clouds along the western horizon,
McNaught showed a very short, sun-opposing tail. This morning, I finally
found it in
one of my digital exposures. The comet appears as  subltly brighter stroke
just above the trees.

Bill in Flag

In a message dated 1/7/2007 6:17:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx writes:
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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