[AZ-Observing] Re: Comets nucleus vanished?
- From: "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:33:34 -0700
Hi all;
Yes, we tried AJ's Swan band filter on last Thursday and it made the comet
larger and a beautiful aqua color in his 8" SCT at 80X or so.
I do see the nucleus with no trouble at 80X in the Nexstar 11 in the
backyard. No, it is not as prominent as three nights ago, but it does not
seem to have vanished.
What a fascinating comet! Growing in size, still far "too bright" for a
comet in the asteroid belt and moving so slowly that it is still "below"
Mirfak after 10 days since the outburst. I have looked at a lot of comets
in my life and this is easily the most bizarre. A "Halloween Comet" for
sure.
Ain't we got fun??
Steve Coe
-----Original Message-----
From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Schur
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:48 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Comets nucleus vanished?
Well, the blue frame came in and still no nucleus.
But I did try the Lumicon Swan band filter visually
with my 80mm refractor and it boosts the green halo
around the comet about 3x in contrast. Very cool!
Chris
--- Bill VanOrden <beevo1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> We set up a couple of telescopes in the driveway
> this evening for the
> tricker treaters and saw no distinct nucleus.
>
> Beevo Tempe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Chris Schur
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:43 PM
> To: Az-Observing List
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Comets nucleus vanished?
>
>
> The first few deep CCD images just came up on my
> screen outside, and looks like tonight the comets
> core
> is gone. I see only a diffuse glow in the red and
> green frames. Maybe the hlue frame will have
> something...
>
> Chris
>
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