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[AZ-Observing] Re: Deep Impact observation, Vekol Road.
- From: Joe Larkin <joeclarkin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 08:25:05 -0700 (PDT)
The view at Vekol was very similar to Steve's description in several
scopes. Seeing was fair while darkness and transparency were good.
I observed with a 16" dob, with powers of 90-225 or so. The comet
went from diffuse with a not-very-apparent nucleus to having a very
apparent nucleus.
Joe Larkin
--- Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The view was essentially the same in both instruments, maybe a
> little =
> better
> in Rich's 13 incher at 185X.
>
> What we saw was the core of the comet brighten up by about 2
> magnitudes =
> in a
> 15 minute period of time and then stay that bright as it set over
> the
> horizon. Obviously, as it got within 15 degrees of the horizon or
> so, =
> it
> was pretty difficult to see any changes.
>
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