[AZ-Observing] Re: Deep Impact

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> [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Hopkins
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:17 AM
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Deep Impact
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> Thanks for your reply Frank.
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> How did it look to you? Was it very faint, faint, easy, bright?
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Well, it was from a very dark sky site, although it was early in the
evening. I had a program of variable stars to catch up on and it was a =
lot
colder than I was hoping and getting windier as the night went on, so I =
took
no notes. The fuzz patch was fairly faint but with a sharp core. About =
3'
across (?) It looked like your average Messier catalog galaxy or =
smallish
nebula. I used the ephemeris generator linked to the Deep Impact website =
and
keyed in the coordinates after my alignment was done. It was right there =
and
very obvious.


>  From a recent LX200 list posting
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> I dropped in my 32mm Wide Angle Meade, and along with the=20
> chart on the Sky & Telescope website, and current Ephemerides=20
> off the Harvard Comet website, I found a very small fuzzball,=20
> that I thought might be a faint galaxy, at first.  It was=20
> located very close to the chart, and the RA & DEC readout on=20
> the Autostar, placed it very close to the Harvard Websites location.=20
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> I then dropped in my StellaCam II, with the 3.3 focal reducer=20
> - - and - - there she be !!!!!!!  Definitely no galaxy. It=20
> had a very define nucleus.  Short and fuzzy tail.  I tried to=20
> hook up my Sony handheld Super 8 Camcorder, (1995 model, OLD,=20
> but still works) to the back of my 12" monitor, and I=20
> couldn't get it recorded.  Have to figure some other way to=20
> video it. Any suggestions? Mike Lanska Beautiful Simi Valley,=20
> California
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My observation agrees with Mike's, but I saw no evidence of a tail. This =
may
have been because of the slight glow from the still setting sun, and the
poor collimation of my optics. I'm taking the scope up to the White Mts.
over the 4th of July weekend and I hope to spend some time getting used =
to
the object in the eyepiece.=20

I am fairly sure that with what I saw of the comet I will be able to see
some difference in the brightness as a result of the impact.

Frank


> Jeff
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> At 16:15 -0700 6/24/05, messier wrote:
> >I saw it very clearly in my 11" C11 on Memorial Day while camping on=20
> >the Rim. I used a 40 mm Plossl.
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> >Frank
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> >>  -----Original Message-----
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> >>  If anyone has success in seeing the Deep Impact comet=20


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