[AZ-Observing] Re: McNaught tonight (Monday) ?
- From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:12:40 -0700
Wasn't quite "Naked eye" down here in the valley (I did try though) The
10x50 observations sound like they are very close if not identical. Would
like to see one of your images to compare. (jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx). Not EVEN a
Hale-Bopp class comet. Hale-Bopp for me was a sit out on the patio each
night "naked eye" and marvel at how big and bright it was...
Jimmy Ray
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: McNaught tonight (Monday) ?
Tonight, I made another observation of comet 2006/P1 McNaught. The western
horizon was free of clouds, which allowed a better view than Sunday's. I
first
spotted Venus naked eye at 5:29 pm MST; swept up
the comet in my 10x50 binoculars at 5:44 pm and was able to consistently
see
the bright head of the comet naked eye starting at 5:59 pm when it was
about
1.5 degrees above the treeline. A half-degree dust tail was plainly visible
in the binoculars and a shorter, arcing plasma tail was suspected against
the
twilight sky.
I again took several exposures on the D70 and the comet shows up in the the
last few. It's faint but plainly there.
Not a bad little comet.
BYW, what's with all the talk in other forums of this being a Great Comet?
I've seen comments from people calling McNaught "easily the best comet
since
Hale-Bopp." I wouldn't rank it in the top five comets I've seen since HB;
not
even close. Does our latitude really have that much effect on how McNaught
appears?
Bill in Flag
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