Hello Stan, Thanks Stan! That is great news. I suspected the position of the comet would be good from your place. What telescope did you use, your 10" or 12.5"? I suspect your Deep Impact Star Party will be a great success. Combined with the dark skies and excellent position of your place I suspect even those with smaller telescopes should have no problem finding the comet. Jeff At 23:25 -0700 6/25/05, Stanley A. Gorodenski wrote: >Jeff, >I just got back from observing Comet Tempel. Once I set my setting >circles off Spica it landed right in the middle of the field of view. It >was faint with a slightly condensed nucleus. I used my highest mm >eyepiece, 55mm, which gives a magnification of 87. Comet Tempel will be >well placed for observing up here. At the time of impact it will be to >the southwest (as it is now), right in between the light domes of >Phoenix and Prescott in the darkest part of the sky. >Stan -- Jeff Hopkins HPO SOFT Hopkins Phoenix Observatory http://www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html ********************************************************* Small minds speak about people * Average minds speak of events ************ Great minds speak of ideas! **************** ********************************************************* Hopkins Phoenix Observatory 7812 West Clayton Drive Phoenix, Arizona 85033-2439 U.S.A. www.hposoft.com -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.