[meteorite-list] Ikeya-Zhang
From: Jay Haynes <cdnastronomer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:32 2004 Message-ID: <F223ziXJ1JEFkpZcdjs00019bca_at_hotmail.com> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>I been keeping close tabs on this comet as I am first an amateur astronomer then a meteorite collector. I been tracking it's brightness over the past 2 weeks or so and I am quite suprised at how fast it is getting bright. If only I could get my motor working on my scope I will take a few pics of it and post em up. Lately here ahs not been very good for viewing the comet however last week when I did the Messier Marathon (tracked 103 of the 110 messier objects in one night) it was looking pretty good.<BR><BR>Clear Skies & Happy Hunting,</P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P>Jay Haynes</P> <DIV></DIV> <P>IMCA Member #:6905</P> <DIV></DIV> <P><A href="http://www.geocities.com/cdnastronomer/meteorite.html">www.geocities.com/cdnastronomer/meteorite.html</A></P> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: Robert Woolard <METEORITEFINDER_at_YAHOO.COM> <DIV></DIV>>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ikeya-Zhang <DIV></DIV>>Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 07:49:14 -0800 (PST) <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Hello guys, <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> Guess I COULD have given a little bit more info on <DIV></DIV>>the comet, huh? Sorry about that. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> I live in Little Rock, AR and at about 7:30pm last <DIV></DIV>>night (3-23), I'm guessing that it was about 25-30 <DIV></DIV>>degrees above the horizon, almost exactly midway <DIV></DIV>>between W and NW. It is to the right of Mars, if that <DIV></DIV>>helps. (I love meteorites, but as you can see, my <DIV></DIV>>technical skills at describing "celestial postions" <DIV></DIV>>is somewhat laking). The comet is moving closer to the <DIV></DIV>>horizon each night, and will become visible in the <DIV></DIV>>morning sky during the first week of April. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> The best info I can give is to check out this site: <DIV></DIV>>www.astronomy.com There is a link there that shows <DIV></DIV>>sky charts and positions of the comet for the next <DIV></DIV>>couple of weeks or so. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> Hope this helps, and thanks for the questions and <DIV></DIV>>the appecciation expressed. Clear skies to all! <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> Robert Woolard <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> IMCA # 8103 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>--- William Russell <WLGR_at_WORLDNET.ATT.NET>wrote: <DIV></DIV>> > Hello Robert, Where do you look and at what time <DIV></DIV>> > to see the comet? I live in <DIV></DIV>> > Kentucky. <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > Regards, <DIV></DIV>> > Bill Russell <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > ----- Original Message ----- <DIV></DIV>> > From: "Robert Woolard" <METEORITEFINDER_at_YAHOO.COM> <DIV></DIV>> > To: <METEORITE-LIST_at_METEORITECENTRAL.COM> <DIV></DIV>> > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 9:56 AM <DIV></DIV>> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Ikeya-Zhang <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > <DIV></DIV>> > > Hello list, <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > Just a heads-up on the comet Ikeya-Zhang. I <DIV></DIV>> > > haven't seen anything posted to the list about it, <DIV></DIV>> > but <DIV></DIV>> > > I saw it for the first time last night and was <DIV></DIV>> > > pleasantly surprised at how relatively bright it <DIV></DIV>> > is. <DIV></DIV>> > > There was about a 3/4 moon interfering, but it was <DIV></DIV>> > > fairly visible to the naked eye, and really quite <DIV></DIV>> > > impressive through binoculars. Forgive my informal <DIV></DIV>> > > descriptions here, but I would say the tail was <DIV></DIV>> > about <DIV></DIV>> > > "3 inches" long, and about "3/4 in" wide. I wasn't <DIV></DIV>> > > expecting it to be anywhere near that large. It's <DIV></DIV>> > no <DIV></DIV>> > > Hale-Bopp by any means, but it surely beats the <DIV></DIV>> > heck <DIV></DIV>> > > out of Halley's last performance! (But then again, <DIV></DIV>> > so <DIV></DIV>> > > would have a firefly from 100 yards away :-) <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > Be sure and check it out if you haven't yet <DIV></DIV>> > had a <DIV></DIV>> > > chance to do so. It might even grow brighter over <DIV></DIV>> > the <DIV></DIV>> > > next few days or weeks???? <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > Robert Woolard <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > <DIV></DIV>> > > __________________________________________________ <DIV></DIV>> > > Do You Yahoo!? <DIV></DIV>> > > Yahoo! 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