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Date: 26 Oct 2006 18:51:46
From: G a z .
Subject: Comet Swan & UK?
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Is Come Swan visible from the UK, if so where & when (roughly)?
Best Wishes,
Gaz.
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Date: 27 Oct 2006 00:18:36
From: Richard Tobin
Subject: Re: Comet Swan & UK?
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In article <MPG.1fab060bcf858e9c989934@news.athenanews.com >,
G a z . <spamno@email.com > wrote:
>Is Come Swan visible from the UK, if so where & when (roughly)?
It's above the left-hand side of the northern crown, slightly north of
west at around 8pm. I couldn't see it with the naked eye, but it was
easy to find with binoculars, looking like a green smudge.
Suprisingly it was even less impressive through my telescope - a plain
white fuzzy ball, no tail visible.
But if I could see it at all in light-polluted hazy Edinburgh it
could well be impressive anywhere it gets dark.
-- Richard
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Date: 26 Oct 2006 21:00:39
From: Pete Lawrence
Subject: Re: Comet Swan & UK?
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On Thu, 26 2006 18:51:46 +0100, G a z . <spamno@email.com > wrote:
>Is Come Swan visible from the UK, if so where & when (roughly)?
>
>Best Wishes,
Yes it is visible (and still is at this time ~20:00 UT). I estimate it
to be about mag +5.4 this evening. Some crud interfering with the view
though. Take the bottom two stars of the keystone and extend them to
the right by approximately the same distance again and then head
slightly further to the right and up a bit. With binoculars it should
be fairly obvious.
Here's a single test shot from earlier.
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
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Date: 26 Oct 2006 21:01:02
From: Pete Lawrence
Subject: Re: Comet Swan & UK?
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On Thu, 26 2006 21:00:39 +0100, Pete Lawrence
<pete.lawrence.nospam@pbl33.co.uk > wrote:
>On Thu, 26 2006 18:51:46 +0100, G a z . <spamno@email.com> wrote:
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>>Is Come Swan visible from the UK, if so where & when (roughly)?
>>
>>Best Wishes,
>
>Yes it is visible (and still is at this time ~20:00 UT). I estimate it
>to be about mag +5.4 this evening. Some crud interfering with the view
>though. Take the bottom two stars of the keystone and extend them to
>the right by approximately the same distance again and then head
>slightly further to the right and up a bit. With binoculars it should
>be fairly obvious.
>
>Here's a single test shot from earlier.
Doh!
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/C2006-M4_swan/IMG_4527-2006-10-26_18h50m.jpg
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
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Date: 26 Oct 2006 18:28:20
From: MrB
Subject: Re: Comet Swan & UK?
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Thank you. I was feeling annoyed with the first link although there were
several nice images.
"Pete Lawrence" <pete.lawrence.nospam@pbl33.co.uk > wrote in message
news:mv42k2l9jnnqi06tki44p5h2pma69ueck6@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 26 2006 21:00:39 +0100, Pete Lawrence
> <pete.lawrence.nospam@pbl33.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 26 2006 18:51:46 +0100, G a z . <spamno@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Is Come Swan visible from the UK, if so where & when (roughly)?
>>>
>>>Best Wishes,
>>
>>Yes it is visible (and still is at this time ~20:00 UT). I estimate it
>>to be about mag +5.4 this evening. Some crud interfering with the view
>>though. Take the bottom two stars of the keystone and extend them to
>>the right by approximately the same distance again and then head
>>slightly further to the right and up a bit. With binoculars it should
>>be fairly obvious.
>>
>>Here's a single test shot from earlier.
>
> Doh!
>
> http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/C2006-M4_swan/IMG_4527-2006-10-26_18h50m.jpg
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>
> --
> Pete
> http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
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Date: 27 Oct 2006 02:50:57
From: Pete Lawrence
Subject: Re: Comet Swan & UK?
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On Thu, 26 2006 18:28:20 -0700, "MrB"
<brooksroREMOVEALLCAPS@hotmail.com > wrote:
>Thank you. I was feeling annoyed with the first link although there were
>several nice images.
Sorry about that - have some more ;-)
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/C2006-M4_swan/C2006-M4-Swan.html
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
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Date: 26 Oct 2006 19:01:13
From: Paul Clark
Subject: Re: Comet Swan & UK?
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YES!!! Try 2nite
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets/2006_M4.gif
just right of Hercules plantpot at 8 pm in the west.
"G a z ." <spamno@email.com > wrote in message
news:MPG.1fab060bcf858e9c989934@news.athenanews.com...
> Is Come Swan visible from the UK, if so where & when (roughly)?
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> Best Wishes,
>
> Gaz.
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