Fwd: [meteorite-list] C/2006 M4 visible this evening

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Oct 16 14:43:50 2006
Message-ID: <20061016184321.123740_at_gmx.net>

Rob Matson?s "baby" C/2006 M4 (SWAN) may now also be tracked
with a little help from www.heavens-above.com, where they
finally provide a link to an update stellar finder chart.

You can register there for free or just log-on with your
coordinates or nearest city. Amazing site by the way...

Alex
Berlin/Germany

Forwarded below: message from Rob to the list dated 5 Oct 2006


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Datum: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:01:07 -0700
Von: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
An: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb_at_sbcglobal.net>, "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Betreff: [meteorite-list] C/2006 M4 visible this evening

Hi Sterling,

Thanks for the "plug" on my little baby, and for posting the link to
that beautiful image on APOD taken by Michael J?ger & Gerald Rhemann.
I'm told there's an article on C/2006 M4 (SWAN) in this month's Sky
& Telescope which I'll need to pick up. (Astronomy magazine, on the
other hand, has not said one peep about C/2006 M4, which is strange
given that it's the brightest comet in the sky right now.)

By the way, now that we're into the first week of October, you don't
have to get up at o'dark thirty in the morning to see C/2006 M4. It's
visible in the early evening very low in the northwest. For example,
in Los Angeles the comet will be about 13 degrees above the NW
horizon at 7:09 pm tonight (when the sun is 8 degrees below the
horizon). At higher latitudes, evening visibility is better; from
New York City, the elevation will be about 17 degrees at 7:12pm EDT
when the sun is 8 degrees below the horizon (7:12pm EDT).

Each night the comet will be higher in the evening sky, so the view
will continue to improve...

Cheers,
Rob
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