Comet Swan & UK?

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:51:46 +0100, G a z . wrote:

Is Come Swan visible from the UK, if so where & when (roughly)?

Best Wishes,

Yes it is visible (and still is at this time ~20:00 UT). I estimate it
to be about mag +5.4 this evening. Some crud interfering with the view
though. Take the bottom two stars of the keystone and extend them to
the right by approximately the same distance again and then head
slightly further to the right and up a bit. With binoculars it should
be fairly obvious.

Here's a single test shot from earlier.
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Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:00:39 +0100, Pete Lawrence
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:51:46 +0100, G a z . wrote:

Is Come Swan visible from the UK, if so where & when (roughly)?

Best Wishes,

Yes it is visible (and still is at this time ~20:00 UT). I estimate it
to be about mag +5.4 this evening. Some crud interfering with the view
though. Take the bottom two stars of the keystone and extend them to
the right by approximately the same distance again and then head
slightly further to the right and up a bit. With binoculars it should
be fairly obvious.

Here's a single test shot from earlier.

Doh!

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...-26_18h50m.jpg


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Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

Thank you. I was feeling annoyed with the first link although there were
several nice images.

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On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:00:39 +0100, Pete Lawrence
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:51:46 +0100, G a z . wrote:

Is Come Swan visible from the UK, if so where & when (roughly)?

Best Wishes,

Yes it is visible (and still is at this time ~20:00 UT). I estimate it
to be about mag +5.4 this evening. Some crud interfering with the view
though. Take the bottom two stars of the keystone and extend them to
the right by approximately the same distance again and then head
slightly further to the right and up a bit. With binoculars it should
be fairly obvious.

Here's a single test shot from earlier.

Doh!

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...-26_18h50m.jpg


--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:28:20 -0700, "MrB"
wrote:

Thank you. I was feeling annoyed with the first link although there were
several nice images.

Sorry about that - have some more ;-)

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...6-M4-Swan.html

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Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk