View Single Post
  #2  
Old May 6th 06, 01:56 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur,sci.astro
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - May 5

"COMET TO CROSS RING NEBULA SUNDAY

Amateur astronomers everywhere have been following the double comet
Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, well up in the east in late evening. Its two
largest pieces are currently 7th or 8th magnitude - not as bright as
was hoped, but still visible with good binoculars through a
not-too-badly light-polluted sky. On Sunday night, May 7th, the comet's
brightest piece will pass right across the famous Ring Nebula in Lyra!
Don't miss this event. . . . "

Might make for some interesting pictures.
-Rich