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Comet LINEAR O7, 2003/7/17 UT
I was able to observe C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) on Wednesday night during
astronomical twilight using the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at the ASH Naylor Observatory. The comet, which was listed as being magnitude 9.6, was extremely faint and required averted vision and jogging the telescope to be seen at all. It was located low in the southwest near the mid-section of Leo at 11h00m, +10d11'. Magnifications used were 162, 202, and 259x. Prior to that I saw another horizon-hugging shallow-sky object that will soon be gone from view. Prismatic dispersion made old Jove even more colorful than normal. At 03:19 UT a bright Iridium flare (Iridium 57) took place in the southwest. Immediately afterwards a rather bright meteor flashed through Ophiuchus. Dave Mitsky |
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