[meteorite-list] COMET SWAN (C/2006 M4)

From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Nov 6 21:56:58 2006
Message-ID: <006f01c70218$5af82130$6402a8c0_at_Dell>

Hey Sterling, I fially got a faint glimpse of Comet Swan!
Thanks for not "giving up on it" for the team!!
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb_at_sbcglobal.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 2:52 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] COMET SWAN (C/2006 M4)


> Hi,
>
> This beautiful little green comet has just made its
> fourth appearance in the Astronomy Picture of the Day:
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
>
> If you miss catching the photo today, it will still
> be in the APOD archives under today's date. The
> three previous APOD images were all in the past
> thirty days, on October 4th, 19th, and 28th.
>
> The comet was discovered independently by List
> member Rob Matson and Michael Mattiazzo (of
> Austrailia) on Solar Wind ANisotropy images, which
> is why it isn't called Comet Matson-Mattiazzo, which
> would have been a euphonious name.
>
> You can catch the now-fading comet with biggish
> binoculars or a small telescope. It's in the middle of the
> constellation Hercules right now. A chart of its positions
> by date can be found at:
> http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2006M4/2006M4.html
>
> The other thing you need is a good view of the sky.
> (I've had nine straight days of overcast and cloud cover.)
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb
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