[AZ-Observing] Comet SWAN
- From: Mark Wainright <mwainright@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:32:41 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
Our family enjoyed Comet SWAN from Vekol Rd. last night (10/25). I wanted to
get someplace with a dark western horizon. Comet SWAN did not disappoint.
With the naked eye I could see the coma and about 1 degree of tail. I thought
the brightness was closer to mag 5 than mag 4. The view through 15x70
binoculars was the best, a big, fat coma with some wispiness in over 2 degrees
of visible tail. Through an 8" SCT at 77x the coma was over 20 arcmin with a
bright central condensation.
Clear skies,
Mark
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