[AZ-Observing] Re: Comet 73P Movie
- From: Andrew Cooper <acooper@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:55:18 -0700
Nice movie! This comet is moving fast. I looked at it with a TV-76
last night from my backyard in central Tucson. It was tough to spot,
but right in the exact location I expected it. Your photo shows much
more than I could see, all I could make out was a 5 arcmin ball of fuzz
with no noticable center condensation. I didn't find the B component as
I didn't have good notes on where to locate it (since rectified).
I would suggest anyone reading make a habit of looking up this comet,
easy to find between Bootes and Corona Borealis right now (see links
below). It should be great to watch the C component as it brightens
rapidly towards 3.5. It will be near or above 4 for most of the month
of May. More interesting are the B and G components that look to be
quite unpredictable.
Andrew
http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/index.html
Keith Schlottman, CPA wrote:
>Hi all,
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>The recent postings about 73P inspired me to get out last night to observe
>it. In addition to a visual observation, I took a few photos. After
>reviewing them I decided to make a little "movie" to show the comet's
>motion. It's really moving fast! My first image was taken about 11 p.m.
>local time; the last one was less than 37 minutes later. In that amount of
>time a significant motion was easily noticed.
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>If you'd like to see my movie, go to my observatory site at
>http://www.schlottmancpa.com/xanadu/. I should caution that despite my best
>attempts to reduce the file size, it still is about 1 Mb and there is a
>bunch of other junk on the page, so if you're not on high speed internet it
>may take a while to load.
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>One thing I have not figured out is which component this fragment is. I
>used TheSky to locate it. According to one report I've read, Fragment B has
>brightened to become brighter than Fragment C, but I'm guessing that the
>data for the software shows Fragment C. I may spend some time to try to
>work it out but time will be limited for me for the next week due to work
>responsibilities.
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>Anyway I hope some of you enjoy watching this little "movie".
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>Clear Skies,
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>Keith Schlottman
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