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[AZ-Observing] Re: A NEAT Sunset Comet

From: PHXJeff@xxxxxxx
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, macdirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:35:55 EST

>Has anybody else been following this guy?  How much longer should we be able
>to see it?  I bet it'd look nice in a dark sky.

I took some shots of it last night. It appears greenish, low to the west. 
While I could see it in binoculars (8X40) it looked star like. It was 
fairly bright with a wispy tail in my C-8 and 13.1" dob. I tried taking 
some pictures. In my Nikon Coolpix 800 (ASA 400 8 sec with 26 mm 
eyepiece) it appears bright greenish, but no tail showing. I tool some 
B&W 35 mm pictures at Cassigrain focus and plan some color 35 mm tonight. 
Since it's a race between getting lower in the west and longer days, I 
think the next couple of night will be about it unless you can look very 
low on the horizon.

BTW, the main problem with the Coolpix is the max time exposure is 8 
seconds, but it is very sensitive and does show a bright greenish comet 
head.

Jeff

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[AZ-Observing] Re: A NEAT Sunset Comet

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