[AZ-Observing] Re: Comet McNaught in the evening
- From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:25:41 -0700
At 1805 comet was at 259 degrees magnetic from my location at 12 Deg
elevation above the horizon. I happened to be watching a couple of "B-1"
looking aircraft flying some box type formations just north of Luke AFB when
one passed in front of the comet. Through 10x50 Bino's I could make out a
bright coma with a fairly long dust tail and what may have been a short but
distinct ion tail. It set very rapidly as it came closer to the horizon.
Jimmy Ray
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Comet McNaught in the evening
I observed comet McNaught Sunday evening from my back deck using 10x50
binoculars. I first spotted the comet about 5:58 pm and took several
exposures
with my Nikon D70. Viewed through thin clouds along the western horizon,
McNaught showed a very short, sun-opposing tail. This morning, I finally
found it in
one of my digital exposures. The comet appears as subltly brighter stroke
just above the trees.
Bill in Flag
In a message dated 1/7/2007 6:17:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Tom, et al;
There were low clouds this evening and I did not see anything looking
through the low cloud cover.
Steve Coe
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