FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Re: Still More Comet McNaught Photos (and a movie)

["Neville Cole" <nevillecole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I saw it from my neighborhood over in Litchfield Park for the first time 
tonight.  Quite a bonus considering the way the weather forecasts have been 
sounding.

Anyways, I was using 7 X 50 binocs and thought the nucleus appeared as a 
short length (perpendicular to the horizon) a couple times, rather than a 
more stellar looking point.  Frank, maybe we were seeing something 
similar...

The tail appeared to be a couple degrees long, and I would estimate the 
nucleus was mag -2.

Tom, what's this "forward scattering event" you mentioned?  Not that we're 
going to actually get to see it (again with the continuing poor weather 
forecast).

- Neville


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From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
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To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Still More Comet McNaught Photos (and a movie)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 0:10:34 -0500

We had the best views yet from Tempe Butte tonight.  Jenn swept it up in the 
10x30mm binos only about five minutes after sunset.

Along with several photos is a time-lapse animated GIF of four images of the 
comet setting over the Estrellas.

http://www.pbase.com/polakis/mcnaught0107

If the forward-scattering event really does begin tomorrow, it may be 
brighter still.  It will be only one degree lower, and directly above the 
sun, with the tail pointing straight up.

Tom

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