[meteorite-list] Ikeya-Zhang

From: Robert Woolard <meteoritefinder_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:32 2004
Message-ID: <20020324154914.47985.qmail_at_web11605.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello guys,

   Guess I COULD have given a little bit more info on
the comet, huh? Sorry about that.

    I live in Little Rock, AR and at about 7:30pm last
night (3-23), I'm guessing that it was about 25-30
degrees above the horizon, almost exactly midway
between W and NW. It is to the right of Mars, if that
helps. (I love meteorites, but as you can see, my
technical skills at describing "celestial postions"
is somewhat laking). The comet is moving closer to the
horizon each night, and will become visible in the
morning sky during the first week of April.

   The best info I can give is to check out this site:
www.astronomy.com There is a link there that shows
sky charts and positions of the comet for the next
couple of weeks or so.

    Hope this helps, and thanks for the questions and
the appecciation expressed. Clear skies to all!

    Robert Woolard

    IMCA # 8103

       
--- William Russell <wlgr_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Hello Robert, Where do you look and at what time
> to see the comet? I live in
> Kentucky.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Russell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Woolard" <meteoritefinder_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 9:56 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Ikeya-Zhang
>
>
> > Hello list,
> >
> > Just a heads-up on the comet Ikeya-Zhang. I
> > haven't seen anything posted to the list about it,
> but
> > I saw it for the first time last night and was
> > pleasantly surprised at how relatively bright it
> is.
> > There was about a 3/4 moon interfering, but it was
> > fairly visible to the naked eye, and really quite
> > impressive through binoculars. Forgive my informal
> > descriptions here, but I would say the tail was
> about
> > "3 inches" long, and about "3/4 in" wide. I wasn't
> > expecting it to be anywhere near that large. It's
> no
> > Hale-Bopp by any means, but it surely beats the
> heck
> > out of Halley's last performance! (But then again,
> so
> > would have a firefly from 100 yards away :-)
> >
> > Be sure and check it out if you haven't yet
> had a
> > chance to do so. It might even grow brighter over
> the
> > next few days or weeks????
> >
> > Robert Woolard
> >
> >
> >
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