[AZ-Observing] Re: Comet Boattini this weekend
- From: jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 20:03:19 +0100
Tonight might be a good night to point a scope at Boattini--it should =20
still be in the same low-power view as the beautiful carbon star V =20
Hydrae. I wasn't expecting the sight of such a deep red beacon when I =20
hunted the comet down last night.
I was observing from my front yard with a good deal of light pollution =20
along the lower southern half of the sky. The comet still showed up =20
subtly through my 8" Dob. I made out about 7 arc minutes of the coma =20
and it displayed a very subtle amount of condensation at the core. The =20
real treat was the deep red spark of V Hydrae just north of it.
The labeled sketch can be found here:
http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/000797.html
While I was there, I zoomed in close for a look at V Hydrae and its =20
11th magnitude companion:
http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/000796.html
Chris (or anyone), if you get a photo of the comet paired with V =20
Hydrae, I'd love to see it!
Take care,
Jeremy
Quoting Chris Schur <comets133@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Dont forget the bright green 7th mag comet in hydra this weekend too!
>
> http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2007W1/2007W1.html
>
>
> Well placed on the meridian after sunset.
>
> Chris
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