Date: 26 Oct 2006 23:49:11
From: Willie R. Meghar
Subject: SWAN from "Big Sky Country"
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For those unaware: "Big Sky Country" is one of Montana's nicknames.
Anyway, here's a brief report on the evening's observation of Comet
C/2006 M4 (SWAN):
I observed the comet from approximately 1:30 until 2:30 on 27 ober,
2006 U.T. The unaided eye, 7x50 binoculars, and tripod-mounted 25x100
binoculars were used.
The coma diameter was estimated at 15 minutes of arc. The tail length
was visible for approximately 4 1/2 degrees (in 25x100 as well as 7x50
binoculars).
Naked-eye limiting magnitude was about 6.5. M13 was a naked-eye
object. The comet was an easier naked-eye object. (The tail was *not*
visible to the naked eye - at least not to *my* naked eyes!)
(Last night I was clouded out. Also, I recently had a lapse in
Internet service (or some kind of related problem) that resulted in
the non-reception of (probably) numerous saa postings.)
As is often the case, more details can be found in my blog.
Willie R. Meghar
Observational Notes at:
http://meghar.blogspot.com/
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