[AZ-Observing] Re: Comet SWAN Wednesday at dusk
- From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:05:55 -0700
My Bino observation for tonight was with my Nikon 10x50's. Appeared "dimmer"
tonight based on only my impression from last night. Last night it was a few
arc min south of Bootes Phi and tonight it is a few arc min south of Corona
Borealis Phi (about 25 arc Min in 24 hrs?) Still see it as a pale green but
couldn't make out any tail tonight. Hopefully we'll get a good bright
outburst for Saturday night's public star party...
Jimmy Ray
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jack Jones
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:55 PM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Comet SWAN Wednesday at dusk
Easy in my 7x21 Nikons. Sure beats M13 at mag 5.9. Would the calc be 2.5
times
1.4? That's only 3.5x brighter, seems more.
Jack
> Still looking good. It was clear enough to get a good look,
> and was naked-eye at the end of nautical twilight. I first saw it
> naked eye thinking I was seeing nearby tau CrB, but in a couple of
> minutes I could see both, and the comet was a few tenths of a
> magnitude brighter than the star, so mag 4.5 or so is good.
>
> \Brian
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