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[Frank Kraljic <fjkraljic@xxxxxxx>]

Too bad we were socked with clouds this evening.

Is the comet visible in the morning, or is tomorrow evening pretty  
much our last chance (aside for a daytime viewing)?

-FRANK


On Jan 12, 2007, at 5:42 PM, Brian Skiff wrote:

>      Three experienced comet observers report much brighter magnitudes
> for McNaught in the last several hours:
>
>      Visual total-magnitude and tail-length estimates made in
> daylight:  Jan. 12.84 UT, -3.9, short (D. W. E. Green, Cambridge,
> MA, U.S.A., 20x80 binoc.); 12.91, -4.5, 0.1 deg (J. Bortle,
> Stormville, NY, 10x50 binoc.); 12.91, -4.1, about 0.5 deg (C. S.
> Morris, Fillmore, CA, U.S.A., 20x80 binoc.).
>
>
> (cribbed from IAU Circular 8794)
>
>
> Hoping to do midday viewing with the Lowell Clark on Saturday....
>
>
> \Brian
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