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

From: Jerry <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:24:52 -0400
Message-ID: <68366AC7E8E74D4EA8F9B7C958B585F3_at_Notebook>

Wouldn't you know, clouded out here in eastern Massachusetts. Fortunately,
Comets should "hang around" for a time.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "mexicodoug" <mexicodoug at aol.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Comet 17P (Holmes) Visible Event !


> 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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