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Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
Tman
post May 4 2006, 04:11 PM
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Hubble is really invaluable and any cent worth - in past and future!

ohmy.gif http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0605.html

It was observed too by one of the VLTs but on rather low horizon, so there was too much atmosphere for a better result I guess - but for comparison to Hubble's image... http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-15-06.html

Is there already a new study about potential meteors (shower) from the comet in the future? This time (from mid-May) the most dust is probably still too far away.


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- Tman   Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3   May 4 2006, 04:11 PM
- - odave   This is a neat event to follow. Fragment C, the ...   May 4 2006, 04:35 PM
- - djellison   Well - Contour would have gone to 73P - but it was...   May 4 2006, 05:47 PM
|- - BruceMoomaw   QUOTE (djellison @ May 4 2006, 05:47 PM) ...   May 4 2006, 11:04 PM
- - odave   More on a potential meteor shower: according to Sc...   May 4 2006, 07:40 PM
- - ljk4-1   Maybe some pieces of SW3 will visit us!   May 5 2006, 02:18 PM
- - dilo   QUOTE (Tman @ May 4 2006, 04:11 PM) Hubbl...   May 6 2006, 09:37 AM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (dilo @ May 6 2006, 09:37 AM) Firew...   May 6 2006, 12:59 PM
|- - Tman   QUOTE (dilo @ May 6 2006, 09:37 AM) Firew...   May 6 2006, 05:08 PM
- - djellison   I've been trying to find this thing in my Bino...   May 6 2006, 10:14 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (djellison @ May 6 2006, 11:14 AM) ...   May 6 2006, 01:04 PM
|- - odave   QUOTE (djellison @ May 6 2006, 06:14 AM) ...   May 8 2006, 02:52 PM
- - Tman   There's a lovely image from Thierry Legault th...   May 6 2006, 04:44 PM
- - lyford   if Shoemaker-Levy as known as "String of Pear...   May 6 2006, 05:07 PM
|- - Tman   In German speaking Europe it's actually the ...   May 6 2006, 05:22 PM
- - SigurRosFan   The first image taken by Spitzer is online: - htt...   May 7 2006, 11:41 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   What a splendid shot! (Spitzer's false-co...   May 8 2006, 01:46 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 7 2006, 06:46 PM...   May 8 2006, 08:38 AM
- - ljk4-1   SpaceWeather.com has some nice images of the comet...   May 8 2006, 02:47 PM
- - ljk4-1   The comet passes near Vega tonight. Sky map here:...   May 9 2006, 02:37 PM
- - Tman   This picture on SpaceWeather.com from Stefan Seip ...   May 9 2006, 03:20 PM
- - SigurRosFan   Here's a recent image from the Mt. Hopkins 1.2...   May 9 2006, 05:31 PM
- - ljk4-1   Space Weather News for May 10, 2006 http://spacew...   May 10 2006, 01:58 PM
- - djellison   I went totally nuts...down to the local camera sto...   May 10 2006, 02:04 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   I looked hard last night, but saw zip from Glasgow...   May 10 2006, 02:30 PM
|- - Sunspot   Just managed to spot fragment B. Observing condit...   May 10 2006, 10:57 PM
- - djellison   I spotted frag B last night in my new binos that I...   May 11 2006, 07:38 AM
- - Tman   A comet for five pounds - not bad! Now you can...   May 11 2006, 08:36 AM
- - SigurRosFan   Wow!! The new Spitzer image is online: - ...   May 11 2006, 08:49 AM
- - ljk4-1   Two excellent sources to keep track of the comet (...   May 11 2006, 07:34 PM
- - SigurRosFan   Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 with M57 in X-Rays: - Swif...   May 16 2006, 11:00 AM
- - ljk4-1   The continuing disintegration of Comet 73P/Schwass...   May 19 2006, 07:26 PM
- - ljk4-1   Did anyone see or hear of a report on a meteor sho...   May 24 2006, 02:17 PM
- - ljk4-1   Space Weather News for May 30, 2006 http://Spacew...   May 30 2006, 08:12 PM
- - ljk4-1   DOUBLE COMET: Two comets flying in tandem through ...   Jun 3 2006, 12:11 AM


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