the comet

Have you seen the comet that's out there now? I have. It is now between
the Hyades and the Pleiades, and headed toward the Pleiades in about a
week. It is about 4th mag, but I used birdwatching binos to find it.
It quite unspectacular, just a blob with a bit of a cloud around it.
George

On 3 Jan 2005 19:21:17 -0800, wrote:

Have you seen the comet that's out there now? I have. It is now between
the Hyades and the Pleiades, and headed toward the Pleiades in about a
week. It is about 4th mag, but I used birdwatching binos to find it.
It quite unspectacular, just a blob with a bit of a cloud around it.
George

Machholz.

When I saw it last year, I was impressed.

When you look at comets they don't look like the pictures you see in
magazines and books.

Last year when I was showing a group of visitors the two comets of
may, and a few other objects, the usual complaint was that it didn't
look like the stuff they see in books.

During the Venus Transit, one person said to me after looking through
one of the scopes, "Is that all it is?"

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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 03:41:58 +0000, Wally Anglesea™ wrote:

On 3 Jan 2005 19:21:17 -0800, wrote:

Have you seen the comet that's out there now? I have. It is now between
the Hyades and the Pleiades, and headed toward the Pleiades in about a
week. It is about 4th mag, but I used birdwatching binos to find it.
It quite unspectacular, just a blob with a bit of a cloud around it.
George

Machholz.

When I saw it last year, I was impressed.

When you look at comets they don't look like the pictures you see in
magazines and books.

Last year when I was showing a group of visitors the two comets of
may, and a few other objects, the usual complaint was that it didn't
look like the stuff they see in books.

During the Venus Transit, one person said to me after looking through
one of the scopes, "Is that all it is?"


Yeah, we hear that a LOT don't we?

"Is that all it is?"

"Is that all there is?"

"That's it?"

Then you have to explain WHY it's so cool.

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Have you seen the comet that's out there now? I have. It is now between
the Hyades and the Pleiades, and headed toward the Pleiades in about a
week. It is about 4th mag, but I used birdwatching binos to find it.
It quite unspectacular, just a blob with a bit of a cloud around it.
George

Perception = Reality

In my world, Macholz is awesome.


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"Tom Randy" wrote in message snip
Yeah, we hear that a LOT don't we?

"Is that all it is?"

"Is that all there is?"

"That's it?"

Then you have to explain WHY it's so cool.

Are we still talking about astronomy?


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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:42:22 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:


wrote in message
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Have you seen the comet that's out there now? I have. It is now between
the Hyades and the Pleiades, and headed toward the Pleiades in about a
week. It is about 4th mag, but I used birdwatching binos to find it.
It quite unspectacular, just a blob with a bit of a cloud around it.
George

Perception = Reality

In my world, Macholz is awesome.


I actually had a clear sky around midnight last night. I got out and
looked at Machholz through my binocs (too damp to take out the scope,
and I was lazy).

I was amazed. Clear skies today, so maybe there is yet hope.

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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:42:22 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:


wrote in message
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Have you seen the comet that's out there now? I have. It is now between
the Hyades and the Pleiades, and headed toward the Pleiades in about a
week. It is about 4th mag, but I used birdwatching binos to find it.
It quite unspectacular, just a blob with a bit of a cloud around it.
George

Perception = Reality

In my world, Macholz is awesome.


I actually had a clear sky around midnight last night. I got out and
looked at Machholz through my binocs (too damp to take out the scope,
and I was lazy).

I was amazed. Clear skies today, so maybe there is yet hope.


Have you tried photographing it? Any camera that can take an exposure of
10 seconds or more will do. Here's mine - not nearly as good as some
I've seen http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk/index.html.
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:57:05 +0000, Jonathan Silverlight
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In message , Wally Anglesea™
writes
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:42:22 -0500, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:


wrote in message
egroups.com...
Have you seen the comet that's out there now? I have. It is now between
the Hyades and the Pleiades, and headed toward the Pleiades in about a
week. It is about 4th mag, but I used birdwatching binos to find it.
It quite unspectacular, just a blob with a bit of a cloud around it.
George

Perception = Reality

In my world, Macholz is awesome.


I actually had a clear sky around midnight last night. I got out and
looked at Machholz through my binocs (too damp to take out the scope,
and I was lazy).

I was amazed. Clear skies today, so maybe there is yet hope.


Have you tried photographing it? Any camera that can take an exposure of
10 seconds or more will do. Here's mine - not nearly as good as some
I've seen http://www.merseia.fsnet.co.uk/index.html.

Neat. My current Kodak only does 4 secs, but with the right aperture
on the scope, I should get it. I was going to use the Meade LPI
tonight. Might see what comes up (for just what you *can* get with 4
seconds and a big aperture), go he

http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese...Stars.html#NEW


I was doing lightning images recently (with the clouds and storms
blocking any astro things to look at, I was frustrated, and had to
photograph *something*) :-)

http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese...Lightning.html


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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 13:42:57 -0500, Benign Vanilla wrote:


"Tom Randy" wrote in message snip
Yeah, we hear that a LOT don't we?

"Is that all it is?"

"Is that all there is?"

"That's it?"

Then you have to explain WHY it's so cool.

Are we still talking about astronomy?


Yup. Couldn't be anything else in my case!