The Great Christmas Comet of 2011, 2011 W3 (Lovejoy) |
The Great Christmas Comet of 2011, 2011 W3 (Lovejoy) |
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Dec 2 2011, 09:59 PM
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http://sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil/index.php?p=.../birthday_comet
Possible very bright sungrazing comet coming mid December - Comet Lovejoy C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) Information in the link above. |
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Dec 18 2011, 10:48 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Wow.
Ok, now I really am officially northern hemisphere hacked off. First McNaught dazzles southern hemisphere observers only, now Lovejoy... -------------------- |
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Dec 18 2011, 11:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1669 Joined: 5-March 05 From: Boulder, CO Member No.: 184 |
Wow. Ok, now I really am officially northern hemisphere hacked off. First McNaught dazzles southern hemisphere observers only, now Lovejoy... Just for the record, there were things of interest to observe with McNaught from 40N latitude. Just around perihelion time, it actually was to the NE of the sun and best visible from northern latitudes at mag -5 to -6. I saw it in broad daylight in binoculars, and naked eye just after sunset. Furthermore, the ghostly outer rays of the tail were pointing straight up from the western horizon after evening twilight ended a few days later. Now with Lovejoy, it was spotted in broad daylight from France - of course a mid-northern latitude - image can be seen at this link: http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_..._1324194382.jpg Really would be interesting to plot this comet's magnitude vs solar elongation in comparison to McNaught and Ikeya-Seki. Steve -------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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