[meteorite-list] New Comet In The Morning Sky: Comet McNaught (C/2009 R1)

From: Keith Wandry <keith_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 20:21:36 -0700
Message-ID: <F81088AD-B8C7-4634-9797-1F00A332EEDE_at_lobstershack.com>

If you get the chance to take a look it is a pretty impressive
sight... Highly recommend the effort of getting up early and taking
a look...


On Jun 8, 2010, at 1:51 PM, Ron Baalke wrote:

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>
> Space Weather News for June 8, 2010
> http://spaceweather.com
>
> NEW COMET McNAUGHT: A fresh comet is swinging through the
> inner solar system, and it is brightening rapidly as it approaches
> Earth for a 100 million mile close encounter in mid-June. Comet
> McNaught (C/2009 R1) has a vivid green head and a long wispy tail
> that look great through small telescopes. By the end of the month it
> could be visible to the naked eye perhaps as bright as the stars of
> the Big Dipper. Because this is the comet's first visit to the
> inner solar system, predictions of future brightness are necessarily
> uncertain; amateur astronomers should be alert for the unexpected.
> Visit http://spaceweather.com for sky maps, photos and more
> information.
>
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Received on Tue 08 Jun 2010 11:21:36 PM PDT