[AZ-Observing] Re: Follow up to last night's SAC meeting...Comet McNaught tail and GCSP Bino Chair
- From: "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:05:03 -0700
Well;
I think we can certainly say that is the largest comet tail in history. It
would seem that a tail 200 degrees wide wins the prize. No doubt it can be
added to the "Great" comets without much discussion. I would like one of
those that is at its best in northern skies, but Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake
were pretty Great, also.
Clear Skies;
Steve Coe
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Follow up to last night's SAC meeting...Comet
McNaught tail and GCSP Bino Chair
During last night's Saguaro Astronomy Club meeting, Steve Coe showed
some of the more spectacular Comet McNaught photos. Steve Dodder then
noted that Astronomy Picture of the Day for last Thursday showed a
graphic that combined images taken from observers in both the Southern
and Northern hemispheres. The result is a much more complete view of
the tail, obviously too much for either hemisphere to contain. Take a
look:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070201.html
Also, as part of last night's Club meeting show-and-tell, Al Stiewing
displayed his recently-completed binocular chair that he built using
plans from one of the regulars at the Grand Canyon Star Party. I have
an action photo of one of these chairs at last year's event. As the
picture shows, Al can count on getting some attention if he takes it up
to the Canyon this year:
http://www.pbase.com/bsanden/image/63187393
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