I been keeping close tabs on this comet as I am first an amateur astronomer then a meteorite collector. I been tracking it's brightness over the past 2 weeks or so and I am quite suprised at how fast it is getting bright. If only I could get my motor working on my scope I will take a few pics of it and post em up. Lately here ahs not been very good for viewing the comet however last week when I did the Messier Marathon (tracked 103 of the 110 messier objects in one night) it was looking pretty good.
Clear Skies & Happy Hunting,
Jay Haynes
IMCA Member #:6905
>From: Robert Woolard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ikeya-Zhang >Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 07:49:14 -0800 (PST) > >Hello guys, > > Guess I COULD have given a little bit more info on >the comet, huh? Sorry about that. > > I live in Little Rock, AR and at about 7:30pm last >night (3-23), I'm guessing that it was about 25-30 >degrees above the horizon, almost exactly midway >between W and NW. It is to the right of Mars, if that >helps. (I love meteorites, but as you can see, my >technical skills at describing "celestial postions" >is somewhat laking). The comet is moving closer to the >horizon each night, and will become visible in the >morning sky during the first week of April. > > The best info I can give is to check out this site: >www.astronomy.com There is a link there that shows >sky charts and positions of the comet for the next >couple of weeks or so. > > Hope this helps, and thanks for the questions and >the appecciation expressed. Clear skies to all! > > Robert Woolard > > IMCA # 8103 > > >--- William Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hello Robert, Where do you look and at what time > > to see the comet? I live in > > Kentucky. > > > > Regards, > > Bill Russell > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robert Woolard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 9:56 AM > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Ikeya-Zhang > > > > > > > Hello list, > > > > > > Just a heads-up on the comet Ikeya-Zhang. I > > > haven't seen anything posted to the list about it, > > but > > > I saw it for the first time last night and was > > > pleasantly surprised at how relatively bright it > > is. > > > There was about a 3/4 moon interfering, but it was > > > fairly visible to the naked eye, and really quite > > > impressive through binoculars. Forgive my informal > > > descriptions here, but I would say the tail was > > about > > > "3 inches" long, and about "3/4 in" wide. I wasn't > > > expecting it to be anywhere near that large. It's > > no > > > Hale-Bopp by any means, but it surely beats the > > heck > > > out of Halley's last performance! (But then again, > > so > > > would have a firefly from 100 yards away :-) > > > > > > Be sure and check it out if you haven't yet > > had a > > > chance to do so. It might even grow brighter over > > the > > > next few days or weeks???? > > > > > > Robert Woolard > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy > > Awards� > > > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� >http://movies.yahoo.com/ > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-listGet your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com.
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