Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)
The brightest in 30 years, I finally take the time to read about the comet to see when viewing will be best and I find out it is tonight. Well as my luck would have it, here in the lovely and normally clear sky'd desert southwest we have clouds and rain forecast until Sunday or Monday. Seems like I never have the time to do some of the more important things. Mark M. CLOUDY Phoenix Arizona - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:15 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) Space Weather News for Jan. 10, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars. In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies. Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and updates. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)
I've been without internet at home over the christmas break and find out too late. It's blowing a hoolie up here in the Western Isles of the UK and the glorious skies of the last 2 weeks are gone for a week so it looks like I'm going to miss it. A real shame because it would have made a spectacular photo over some of our coasts. Looks like the luck antipodeans are going to get the best views again, just like Halley. (missed that one too. Don't suppose I'll be around for its next showing). At least I saw Hale-Bopp. Rob McC --- Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The brightest in 30 years, I finally take the time to read about the comet to see when viewing will be best and I find out it is tonight. Well as my luck would have it, here in the lovely and normally clear sky'd desert southwest we have clouds and rain forecast until Sunday or Monday. Seems like I never have the time to do some of the more important things. Mark M. CLOUDY Phoenix Arizona - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:15 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) Space Weather News for Jan. 10, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars. In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies. Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and updates. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:58:20 -0800 (PST), you wrote: break and find out too late. It's blowing a hoolie up here in the Western Isles of the UK and the glorious Hm. Never heard that term before. But you have my sympathies: http://www.dayoopers.com/rocknock.html __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught)
Space Weather News for Jan. 10, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars. In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies. Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and updates. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)
Hi, List, I posted this following about Comet McNaught last night after I got back from my first look at it, but it disappeared into the temporary black hole the List was transiting and never appeared on the other side. Let's try it again. I added a few comments. --- Comet McNaught is very bright, very visible, but very poorly placed to be seen easily. It is extremely low on the horizon by the time it can be seen. Because it is so low it can only be seen for another 2-3 days in the evening sky [from the northern hemisphere]. I got a look at it the first time just this evening. Right now, it's trailing the Sun, getting closer and closer to the Sun, until Jan. 12 when it will race around it at only half the distance of Mercury. The comet's orbit isn't in the flat plane of the solar system; it coming in from above (north) of the system and will go out below (south), In fact the plane of its orbit is turned almost at right angles to the plane of the solar system. Here's how the orbit looks: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=2006+P1 So, basically, locating it's not a problem. Find a place where you can see ALL the way down to the western horizon. Wait till after the Sun sets The first thing you will see is Venus, bright as a spotlight. As it gets darker, look to the right of Venus and down, immediately north of the spot where the Sun has set. As it gets darker, you should spot the comet. Binoculars will help if the horizon is hazy. My horizon was so hazy that it never was naked-eye visible [to me at least], but it showed up in small (7x35) binoculars wonderfully. By the time it's dark enough to see the comet it will be less than five degrees above the horizon, most likely. Of course, this all assumes good weather, clear skies, no clouds, but it's getting so bright so fast that even haze doesn't hide it. Here's a good sky chart: http://skytonight.com/observing/highlights/5089276.html It's really LOW in the sky... If this puppy were up at the top of the sky, people would stand and gawk, like they say, but you've got hunt it down. The professionals are cautious about the tail of the comet being visible, but tonight the tail seemed brighter than the head of the comet. That could just be because the head was deeper in the haze. But I could see 2 degrees or more of tail even with all that haze. [As you can tell from the tone of the spaceweather piece, they're getting more enthusiastic by the day as this comet puts on a better and better show. In particular, the tail of the comet seems to be especially bright, even brighter than the head/coma, or it did to me last night.] Paradoxically, it will get brighter each night up through Jan. 12th, but it will be closer to the Sun each night and the viewing time will be shorter and the comet lower in the sky. It's worth a look. Probably the biggest carboneous chondrite you'll see for years, and it's headed AWAY from eBay. Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:15 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) Space Weather News for Jan. 10, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars. In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies. Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and updates. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught)
Hello :-) I took a nice picture from the comet a few minutes ago ... http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de/scratch/McNaughtk.jpg Bigger version: http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de/scratch/McNaught.jpg And a video: http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de/scratch/McNaught.avi Thomas IMCA #0298 http://www.sternhimmel-ueber-ulm.de Sterling K. Webb schrieb: Hi, List, I posted this following about Comet McNaught last night after I got back from my first look at it, but it disappeared into the temporary black hole the List was transiting and never appeared on the other side. Let's try it again. I added a few comments. --- Comet McNaught is very bright, very visible, but very poorly placed to be seen easily. It is extremely low on the horizon by the time it can be seen. Because it is so low it can only be seen for another 2-3 days in the evening sky [from the northern hemisphere]. I got a look at it the first time just this evening. Right now, it's trailing the Sun, getting closer and closer to the Sun, until Jan. 12 when it will race around it at only half the distance of Mercury. The comet's orbit isn't in the flat plane of the solar system; it coming in from above (north) of the system and will go out below (south), In fact the plane of its orbit is turned almost at right angles to the plane of the solar system. Here's how the orbit looks: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?des=2006+P1 So, basically, locating it's not a problem. Find a place where you can see ALL the way down to the western horizon. Wait till after the Sun sets The first thing you will see is Venus, bright as a spotlight. As it gets darker, look to the right of Venus and down, immediately north of the spot where the Sun has set. As it gets darker, you should spot the comet. Binoculars will help if the horizon is hazy. My horizon was so hazy that it never was naked-eye visible [to me at least], but it showed up in small (7x35) binoculars wonderfully. By the time it's dark enough to see the comet it will be less than five degrees above the horizon, most likely. Of course, this all assumes good weather, clear skies, no clouds, but it's getting so bright so fast that even haze doesn't hide it. Here's a good sky chart: http://skytonight.com/observing/highlights/5089276.html It's really LOW in the sky... If this puppy were up at the top of the sky, people would stand and gawk, like they say, but you've got hunt it down. The professionals are cautious about the tail of the comet being visible, but tonight the tail seemed brighter than the head of the comet. That could just be because the head was deeper in the haze. But I could see 2 degrees or more of tail even with all that haze. [As you can tell from the tone of the spaceweather piece, they're getting more enthusiastic by the day as this comet puts on a better and better show. In particular, the tail of the comet seems to be especially bright, even brighter than the head/coma, or it did to me last night.] Paradoxically, it will get brighter each night up through Jan. 12th, but it will be closer to the Sun each night and the viewing time will be shorter and the comet lower in the sky. It's worth a look. Probably the biggest carboneous chondrite you'll see for years, and it's headed AWAY from eBay. Sterling K. Webb --- - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:15 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Brightest Comet in 30 Years: Comet C/2006 P1(McNaught) Space Weather News for Jan. 10, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars. In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies. Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and updates. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list
