[AZ-Observing] Re: [amastro] McNaught Daytime visual reports
- From: Chris Schur <comets133@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:41:53 -0800 (PST)
Im not brave enough to look that close to the sun with
binocs, but I did shoot the entire region with my 200
and 400mm telephotos a few minutes ago. Got lots of
black spots, and white spots. But which one is the
comet????
Chris
--- Joe Larkin <joeclarkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Very bright and easy in Chandler in 8x42 binos.
> Extremely bright coma
> and a bit of bright tail. Not just a dot, really
> looks like a classic
> comet.
>
> I guess this would be a great comet if it weren't so
> infernally close
> to the sun. Saw it but lost it around 11:30 am, then
> got a better
> view a few minutes ago at 2:15 pm.
>
> Couldn't see it naked eye, due to the crap in my
> eyes causing glare
> and perhaps lack of patience do to a cold and
> headache rather than
> the brightness of the comet.
>
> It really is worth looking at in daylight. I've seen
> a few
> spectacular comets, but never one at midday. As
> stated, block out the
> sun with something like a building and carefully
> look to the east of
> it. I think this brings my number of daytime astro
> objects up by a
> significant amount. Sun, moon, venus, jupiter, mars,
> mercury (in
> transit, does that count?), meteors, comet.
>
> Should be even better right after the sun goes down
> behind some
> mountains (souths or estrellas for me).
>
> Joe
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Take Care,
Chris
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