[AZ-Observing] Fw: Re: Daytime Comet McNaught observation
- From: "Randolph Quiroz" <randyquiroz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:59:54 GMT
"Randy Quiroz"
RANDOLPH QUIROZ JR., Tucson Arizona
"Astronomy is looking Up"
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From: Randolph Quiroz
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:38 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [AZ-Observing] Daytime Comet McNaught observation
I saw the comet on 1/12/07 during daytime through my 12" reflector quite
well through cloudy skies & was able to get a half way decent digital picture
by holding the camera to the eyepiece.
The comet is just above the "01" at the lower right in the picture. The black
spot in the center is the secondary mirror of the telescope. If you can enlarge
this picture, it's much better.
"Randy Quiroz"
RANDOLPH QUIROZ JR., Tucson Arizona
"Astronomy is looking Up"
-----Original Message-----
From: sam@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:15 PM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Daytime Comet McNaught observation
I just (approx. 1835 UT, 11:35 a.m. MST) caught a quick glimpse (10 seconds
or so) of McNaught in 18 x 50 binoculars. I used the side of our house to
block the Sun and started scanning the sky about 5 degrees east of the Sun.
This was a midly unsettling process because of the danger of getting too
close to the Sun. I recommend using extreme caution for anyone else who
attempts this because you don't want to ruin your eyes by catching the
un --- > the view of the comet isn't worth it, especially with what I saw.
I could see about 3 - 4 coma diameter's worth of the tail, before the clouds
obscured the view. There was another break in the clouds a bit later but I
couldn't re-locate the comet before the, now almost contiguous, layer of
clouds came in. Still, it was pretty cool to be able to see this in the
daytime. I will try tomorrow with a telescope on equatorial mount that I can
more precisely control the position. Anyone else have a chance to try to
spot this in the daytime?
Sam Rua
Tucson
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