[meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !

From: mexicodoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:52:10 -0500
Message-ID: <006d01c81677$5ee25670$4001a8c0_at_MICASA>

Hello List,

This bodes great (in a Titian-Bodean sense) for tonight in Europe and North
America. I put a finder chart up for this evening at:

www.diogenite.com/17P.jpg

This is the show in Europe right now...and should print well to an A4 or
letter sized piece of paper.

A new "star" was just born for those familiar with the neighborhood of Algol
and Capella. The best time will be as the moon gets lower just before the
glow of Sunrise, and the comet will be half way to the Zenith due NW (and
the chart will still be fine upside down in the Northern hemisphere). Mars
will brightly shine 16 times brighter overhead in Gemini. Nearby is
Capella, the 6th largest star and 6th brightest starry object in the sky
(Called Colca by the Aymara for a cache of food - which ancient Greeks
believed was the horn of plenty "Cornucopia", and the name of the famous
Valley/Canyon of Condors by Arequipa, Peru) is nearby.

Moon or not, it's so bright you can still get a fine view after Sunset if
you don't mind the interference from that big Lunar up there. Tonight's the
night!! The location on the finder chart is similar for the next week
(heading toward Mirphak, just a tad), since the comet is very far away from
Earth with respect to noticable relative motion.

Best wishes for a long night,
Doug



----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Ohtsuka" <ohtsuka at jb3.so-net.ne.jp>
To: "MeteoriteList" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !


> Hello all,
>
> I have just looked at the superoutburst of 17P/Holmes,
> as follows:
>
> 2007 Oct. 24.72 UT: m1=2.8, Dia.=, DC=9, by NE
>
> Katsu. OHTSUKA
> Tokyo, JAPAN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "giovannisostero" <GiovanniSostero at libero.it>
> To: "mexicodoug" <mexicodoug at aol.com>
> Cc: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !
>
>
>> Hi all,
>> this is our BVR shot of 17P/Holmes in outburst (brightest object in the
> field center):
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2mxrmx
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Giovanni and Ernesto
>>
>>
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