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Old December 29th 16, 11:23 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/world/...met/index.html

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Old December 29th 16, 07:51 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:23:29 -0800 (PST), RichA
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/world/...met/index.html


I don't know what makes a comet "mediocre". I've seen some nice
amateur images of this one, however, with its tail extending well over
a degree in length. A very pretty object.
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Old December 29th 16, 09:06 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thursday, 29 December 2016 13:51:56 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:23:29 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/world/...met/index.html


I don't know what makes a comet "mediocre". I've seen some nice
amateur images of this one, however, with its tail extending well over
a degree in length. A very pretty object.


6th magnitude and "near the moon?"
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Old December 29th 16, 09:15 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:06:07 -0800 (PST), RichA
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On Thursday, 29 December 2016 13:51:56 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:23:29 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/world/...met/index.html


I don't know what makes a comet "mediocre". I've seen some nice
amateur images of this one, however, with its tail extending well over
a degree in length. A very pretty object.


6th magnitude and "near the moon?"


6th magnitude makes it very bright. And the Moon is new. That's why
this is a very easy binocular comet at the moment, and can be imaged
with just a few minutes of total exposure time.
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Old December 29th 16, 10:38 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thursday, 29 December 2016 15:15:22 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:06:07 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

On Thursday, 29 December 2016 13:51:56 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:23:29 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/world/...met/index.html

I don't know what makes a comet "mediocre". I've seen some nice
amateur images of this one, however, with its tail extending well over
a degree in length. A very pretty object.


6th magnitude and "near the moon?"


6th magnitude makes it very bright. And the Moon is new. That's why
this is a very easy binocular comet at the moment, and can be imaged
with just a few minutes of total exposure time.


Whatever happened to the days when I could walk outside my urban home and look up to see a huge comet, 17P/Holmes clear as day in 4th magnitude skies?

http://cometography.com/pcomets/017p.html

According to the rough chronology of bright comets, we are due one.
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Old December 29th 16, 11:03 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 1:39:02 PM UTC-8, RichA wrote:

Whatever happened to the days when I could walk outside my urban home and look up to see a huge comet, 17P/Holmes clear as day in 4th magnitude skies?

http://cometography.com/pcomets/017p.html


Well, maybe it was because 17P/Holmes was mag 2.6-2.8 at the time, as per your own reference...
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Old December 29th 16, 11:35 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:06:07 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

On Thursday, 29 December 2016 13:51:56 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:23:29 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/world/...met/index.html

I don't know what makes a comet "mediocre". I've seen some nice
amateur images of this one, however, with its tail extending well over
a degree in length. A very pretty object.


6th magnitude and "near the moon?"


6th magnitude makes it very bright. And the Moon is new. That's why
this is a very easy binocular comet at the moment, and can be imaged
with just a few minutes of total exposure time.


It's obviously a lot better placed for you than me. When the sky is dark
enough on New Year's Eve it's only 5 degrees high.
At the moment it's only above the horizon in daylight.


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Old December 30th 16, 01:00 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 22:35:22 -0000 (UTC), Mike Collins
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Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:06:07 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

On Thursday, 29 December 2016 13:51:56 UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:23:29 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/world/...met/index.html

I don't know what makes a comet "mediocre". I've seen some nice
amateur images of this one, however, with its tail extending well over
a degree in length. A very pretty object.

6th magnitude and "near the moon?"


6th magnitude makes it very bright. And the Moon is new. That's why
this is a very easy binocular comet at the moment, and can be imaged
with just a few minutes of total exposure time.


It's obviously a lot better placed for you than me. When the sky is dark
enough on New Year's Eve it's only 5 degrees high.
At the moment it's only above the horizon in daylight.


Not great for me, either, yet. The article was only about New Year's
Eve... when it's still pretty close to the Sun, though bright enough
to be a good binocular object for many, and there's no moon
intereference. There will be better opportunities in January and
February, and the comet will probably be brighter then, as well.
 




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