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New Comet Now Visible to Naked Eye
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| December 8, 2004
| Robert Roy Rritt
Posted on 12/08/2004 8:40:35 PM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: Right Wing Professor
Ping... waiting for a clear sky
To: Right Wing Professor
Comet Machholz |
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Coarse finder chart (60° field-of-view, stars to mag. 6.5) |
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Fine finder chart (5° field-of-view, stars to mag. 9.0) |
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All data valid for local time 06:09:45, 09 Dec (UTC 05:09:45, 09 Dec) |
Geocentric Data |
Right Ascension (J2000): |
4h 41m 19.6s |
Declination (J2000): |
-22° 28' 26" |
Constellation: |
Eridanus |
Magnitude: |
5.6 |
Distance from Earth: |
0.5269 AU |
Light time: |
263 seconds |
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Heliocentric Data |
Distance from Sun: |
1.4045 AU |
Perihelion: |
1.2051 AU (24-Jan-2005) |
Aphelion: |
4,838.51 AU |
Period: |
119,039.8 years |
Eccentricity: |
0.999502 |
Inclination to ecliptic: |
38.589° |
Longitude of ascending node: |
93.627° |
Argument of perihelion: |
19.502° |
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:13:32 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: Right Wing Professor
From Sky and Telescope: Comet symbols show it's position at
0:00 Universal Time on the dates indicated; which is on the
evening of the previous date local time in North America.
To: Right Wing Professor
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:16:41 PM PST
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: Right Wing Professor
Found it. I think. It's the only fuzzy object in the area. Pretty big through the binocs. Using a 12x50 zoom at wide angle. Seems a little on top of the line you drew. Is that correct?
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:18:33 PM PST
by
Eastbound
("Neither a Scrooge nor a Patsy be")
To: alancarp
Hope it's clear here on Jan. 5th. It should be easy to find, just below the Pleiades.
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:18:42 PM PST
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: Right Wing Professor
Naked Eye.. sounds a bit Ob Seen.
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:19:17 PM PST
by
dc-zoo
To: Right Wing Professor
Graat! Ill be high up in the mountains around Jan 5 and 6 and hopefully will have clear skies.
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:19:47 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: Eastbound
Oops! My mistake. I don't have zoom, so just using the 12. (272 feet @ 1000 yards). Will try to take a picture with my Z1 digital.
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:24:11 PM PST
by
Eastbound
("Neither a Scrooge nor a Patsy be")
To: alancarp
Thanks. I've put its current (12/8/04) position on the map, as a yellow dot; The yellow arrow points to it. It's going to inch up slowly each night.
To: Howlin
So! I went outside as directed....I saw two planes coming in to John Wayne...and the neighbors have THE nicest rooftop decorations.
Other than that....a wholelotta clouds. :)
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:28:52 PM PST
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Proud Patriots dot com! Check it out!!!)
To: FreedomCalls
That's right where I saw it. Thanks.
To: Eastbound
Seems a little on top of the line you drew. Is that correct?Hard to say what's a straight line on a sphere. :-) I gave the best estimate I could using a ruler and a star atlas.
To: ChefKeith
Could you put that into laymans (farm people) terms please?Hey, I live on a farm too.
It's low in the south. I've you've got really good eyes and you live away from the city, you might see it as a fuzzy patch to the south about midnight, if you let your eyes get used to the darkness for a half hour. If you have any kind of binoculars or a spotting scope, it should show up pretty clear. It'll be getting brighter and higher in the sky for the next month; I'd estimate it'll be easily visible to the naked eye by early January.
To: Right Wing Professor
Live up on the yukon, real dark skys. Cold & clear minus 32. I noticed something yellower & brighter to the SE on horizon; different than everything else with bino's. Or is it straight south on horizon?
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:44:24 PM PST
by
Eska
To: Right Wing Professor
Is this any relation to Comet LouHolz?
To: Judith Anne
Cloudy here, darnit! Here too. If I'd just known last night I could have finally used my new telescope, which I've had for about 6 months (It was a gift). I'm in a fairly dark sky spot, so with the 'scope or my 7X50s, I should be able to see it pretty well
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Just went out to check. It's cleared up since sunset! However, I've recently moved and just discovered that I haven't a clue where my binoculars are. :( Oh, well, I'll set up the 'scope tommorrow and take a look.
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posted on
12/08/2004 9:58:36 PM PST
by
El Gato
(Activist Judges can twist the Constitution into anything they want ... or so they think.)
To: Right Wing Professor
Thanks for the viewing information. My husband is an excellent amateur astronomer. We have an 8" Celestron in a trunk which we'll have to get out and use to find this comet, of course. :-)
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posted on
12/08/2004 10:09:02 PM PST
by
NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
(Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
To: Right Wing Professor
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posted on
12/08/2004 10:15:36 PM PST
by
apastron
To: Right Wing Professor
Going to have to try it again tomorrow. Here's my first attempt. At least I think I'm in the right area but need to bracket a few for longer exposure. Thanks for the tip, RWP.
CLICK!
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posted on
12/08/2004 10:16:34 PM PST
by
Eastbound
("Neither a Scrooge nor a Patsy be")
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