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["Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy all;

>From a site 60 miles north of Phoenix, Az and using a 6 inch f/6 and 10X50 
>binoculars it is easy to see that Comet Linear A2 is fading.  Last Saturday 
>from the same site it was obviously naked eye and quite bright in the 
>binoculars.  A few hours ago it was just barely seen naked eye and rather 
>diffuse in the binoculars.  A hood of material was seen over the head of the 
>comet and a tail was seen, but it was faint and only about 20 arcminutes long 
>at 40X in the 6 inch RFT.  This comet was definately brighter, larger, more 
>concentrated in the middle and has a longer tail a week ago.

Clear Skies to us all;
Steve Coe

Author "Deep Sky Observing--The Astronomical Tourist"
email address:  stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx

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