[AZ-Observing] Re: Comet PanSTARRS briefly seen
- From: "Ketelsen, Dean A - (ketelsen)" <ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:58:44 +0000
Hi Sam-
Interesting to compare our observations - last night I was on Gates Pass to get
to darker location and I never saw it naked eye. Tonight I watched from our
front yard in Midtown Tucson and after spotting it in binoculars, was able to
pick it out naked eye - weird! My wife Melinda, with the recently bionic eyes
didn't need binoculars to locate it naked eye, picking it right out - she saw
it last night too from the Pass...
-Dean
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Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:47 PM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Comet PanSTARRS briefly seen
A photo from this evening's viewing. I went out west of Tucson to get a cleaner
horizon. There definitely was more muck in the sky compared to yesterday. As a
result, I was not able to pick this up naked eye this evening. A bit of a
bummer because the setting was so much nicer than what I saw the previous
evening. Glad to hear that others had more ideal viewing conditions. I agree
with Brent that tomorrow evening should be very nice with the crescent Moon. I
hope some of the dust and other muck moves on for a more pristine western
horizon.
http://www.pbase.com/image/149165824
- Sam
On Mar 11, 2013, at 7:48 PM, Brent Archinal <planetmeasurer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Caught the comet again this evening, a little higher up, a little brighter,
> with a little longer tail. First seen at 7:13 PM and again with
> binoculars, ~3 degrees up from the horizon. Once located it was easily
> seen with the unaided eye. This time it was perhaps first magnitude against
> the bright sky, and (back in binoculars) with a half degree, still
> "V"-shaped tail, with some detail visible (an extra longitudinal streak) in
> the tail. The coma was still reddish, and the color deepened as it set.
> The brightness was varying due to seeing, and eventually got 1-2
> magnitudes fainter as it set behind the tree line at 7:30 PM.
> So a very good naked eye comet, but certainly not at the bright end of the
> forecasts in brightness. Should be a nice sight to the left of the
> crescent Moon tomorrow evening.
>
> - Brent
>
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