Three naked-eye comets!

Even with Bradley too far south, this will be fun!

Clear Skies

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"Greg Crinklaw" wrote in message
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With the announcement of the discovery of C/2004 F4 (Bradfield) there
are now three potentially naked-eye comets.

Comet C/2004 F4 (Bradfield) is currently 3rd magnitude, visible in the
evening sky from the southern hemisphere. It will quickly disappear
into the glare of the sun until later in the month when it will reappear
as a morning object. It will move north and fade rapidly, but should be
an easy binocular object even as the month ends (fading to perhaps 6th
magnitude at that time).

Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) is currently 4th magnitude, visible low in the
morning twilight. By early next month it should reach 2nd magnitude,
when it will be visible in the morning sky from southern latitudes.
This comet should be a naked-eye evening comet for mid-northern laitudes
later in May.

Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) is currently 5th magnitude, visible in the
evening sky from mid-southern latitudes (it is circumpolar from
far-southern latitudes). By early next month it should reach 3rd
magnitude, when it will quickly move into view of evening observers in
the mid-northern latitudes.

For more information about these comets, and the many others that can be
observed in telescopes this month, see the Comet Chasing page:

http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html
--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

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With the announcement of the discovery of C/2004 F4 (Bradfield) there
are now three potentially naked-eye comets.

Comet C/2004 F4 (Bradfield) is currently 3rd magnitude, visible in the
evening sky from the southern hemisphere. It will quickly disappear
into the glare of the sun until later in the month when it will reappear
as a morning object. It will move north and fade rapidly, but should be
an easy binocular object even as the month ends (fading to perhaps 6th
magnitude at that time).

Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) is currently 4th magnitude, visible low in the
morning twilight. By early next month it should reach 2nd magnitude,
when it will be visible in the morning sky from southern latitudes.
This comet should be a naked-eye evening comet for mid-northern laitudes
later in May.

Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) is currently 5th magnitude, visible in the
evening sky from mid-southern latitudes (it is circumpolar from
far-southern latitudes). By early next month it should reach 3rd
magnitude, when it will quickly move into view of evening observers in
the mid-northern latitudes.

For more information about these comets, and the many others that can be
observed in telescopes this month, see the Comet Chasing page:

http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html
--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

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CLT wrote:

Even with Bradley too far south, this will be fun!

Actually, it will move north pretty rapidly becoming at least a
mid-northern hemisphere object later this month. From 30-40N it may be
visible as early as April 21, very low in the horizon, and it *might*
still be naked eye then.

Clear skies,
Greg

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Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

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Greg Crinklaw wrote:
Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) is currently 4th magnitude, visible low in the
morning twilight.

Anyone here actually spotted it yet since it's been a morning object? I
had a go this morning with the big bins, but the sky was far too bright
once it rose above the horizon murk.

Best,
Stephen

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Why is all this crap happening in the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ? !

I mean, there's more people in the North, right? So how does the southern
hemisphere rate having three bright comets?
^_^

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"Greg Crinklaw" wrote in message
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With the announcement of the discovery of C/2004 F4 (Bradfield) there
are now three potentially naked-eye comets.

Comet C/2004 F4 (Bradfield) is currently 3rd magnitude, visible in the
evening sky from the southern hemisphere. It will quickly disappear
into the glare of the sun until later in the month when it will reappear
as a morning object. It will move north and fade rapidly, but should be
an easy binocular object even as the month ends (fading to perhaps 6th
magnitude at that time).

Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) is currently 4th magnitude, visible low in the
morning twilight. By early next month it should reach 2nd magnitude,
when it will be visible in the morning sky from southern latitudes.
This comet should be a naked-eye evening comet for mid-northern laitudes
later in May.

Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) is currently 5th magnitude, visible in the
evening sky from mid-southern latitudes (it is circumpolar from
far-southern latitudes). By early next month it should reach 3rd
magnitude, when it will quickly move into view of evening observers in
the mid-northern latitudes.

For more information about these comets, and the many others that can be
observed in telescopes this month, see the Comet Chasing page:

http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html
--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

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David Nakamoto wrote:

Why is all this crap happening in the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ? !

Hey, we get our chance. We just have to wait a bit.


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Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

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While it remains to be seen, it is quite possible that the best of Comet
Bradfield's show is already over and us northerners may never get to see this
comet at all.

Historically comets as intrinsically faint as Comet Bradfield appears to be
rarely survive such a close brush with the Sun (0.169 AU). So there is a real
possibility that we might witness its demise right before our eyes via images
taken with SOHO over the next week or so. Should be an interesting show either
way.

John Bortle

"David Nakamoto" wrote in message
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Why is all this crap happening in the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ? !

I mean, there's more people in the North, right? So how does the southern
hemisphere rate having three bright comets?
^_^

Well, we did get Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp. Southerners still have a way to go
to make up for those two.

"""Well, we did get Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp. Southerners still have a way to
go to make up for those two."""

Hale-Bopp was fantastic in the Southern Hemisphere nonetheless.


Chris


"Alson Wong" wrote in message
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"David Nakamoto" wrote in message
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Why is all this crap happening in the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ? !

I mean, there's more people in the North, right? So how does the
southern
hemisphere rate having three bright comets?
^_^

Well, we did get Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp. Southerners still have a way to
go
to make up for those two.