[meteorite-list] January Comet?

From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:32:05 -0500
Message-ID: <026a01c735f1$d9c0cc30$6402a8c0_at_Dell>

Sorry for you Gary. I got a look at it last nite.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary K. Foote" <gary at webbers.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] January Comet?


> Clouds to the west the last two nights. I got some good sunset pics, but
> no comet :(
>
> Gary
>
> On 11 Jan 2007 at 15:13, MexicoDoug wrote:
>
>> "Doug or anyone currently on line with position of the recent Comet, I'd
>> appreciate a head's up to locate it OR is it that conspicuous in the SW
>> twilight???"
>>
>> For you Yanks near Plymouth and Boston, you can see it weather/pollution
>> permitting from 16:50 until it sets at 17:22. Use the Sunset as a
>> reference. That's today EST Jan 11.
>>
>> At Your area: 16:36 the Sun sets at a 241 degree bearing (azimuth)
>> clockwise
>> from North (270 is due west, so it is SW like you said). Good luck you
>> have
>> just a few minutes to get out and bag it. The rest of the USA will have
>> similar positions relative to the point and timing of Sunset, though the
>> further deep down in Dixie you go the harder and harder and more
>> compressed
>> the timing is...
>>
>> Comet ("Turn Right at Sunset"):
>> 244.5 degrees at Sunset (just 3.5 degrees to the right of Sunset point -
>> a
>> half 10x50 binocular field away).
>> 247 degrees at 15 minutes after Sunset (6 degrees right of Sunset point).
>> 249 degrees at 30 minutes after Sunset (8 degrees right of Sunset point).
>>
>> For Jerry comet altitude will be:
>> After Sunset
>> 30 minutes: 2 degrees
>> 15 Min: 4.5 degrees
>> 0 min: 7 degrees
>>
>> Good Luck, go for it, I might let you know how it went for me later, but
>> have had some sad heath issues lately to deal with (not my own). The
>> summary for my observing is "Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes"
>> like the Jimmy Buffett song says.
>>
>> Best wishes for the Comet,
>> Doug
>>
>>
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