[AZ-Observing] Re: Morning Comets

on 4/24/04 8:56 AM, Frank Honer at fhoner@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In anticipation of observing Bradfield and Linear, last night I packed up the
> car with my 8 inch f4.5 and set the alarm for 3:30 am. I was on the road at
> 4:00 and was heading for the Saguaro Lake turnoff on the Bee Line highway. I
> found a convenient parking spot to observe from at about 4:30.
> I first located Linear with a 32 mm eyepiece. I would estimate it at about Mag
> 3 with a very diffuse tail about 1/2 degree long. I saw dawn approaching and
> quickly scanned northward for Bradfield. I immediately found it about 25
> degrees north of Liner. It provided a more pleasing view in my telescope with
> the 32 mm. It was more condensed but the tail was much more evident and was
> about 2 degrees long. It appeared to be brighter than Linear, but I believe
> this was due to its smaller surface area. Bradfield is definitely the most
> visually pleasing comet I have seen since a morning comet I observed ~2000
> from Arizona City (I believe). Can't recall its name.
> 
> By this time the predawn sky had lightened to a point when further observation
> was an exercise in futility.  I'm looking forward to observing Linear in the
> western sky during May and June.
> 
> Frank
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How do you like Saguaro Lake as an observing site in general?
Sonny

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