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Cliff wrote: after locating jupiter with the 25mm eyepiece what i found upon looking into the 10mm eyepiece was a large image that refused to focus as the...
I got up a little after 4:00 am to observe Comet Pojmanski (C/2006 A1) that is currently visible rising in the eastern sky before dawn. I used a pair of ...
... The length of time required for temperature equalization depends on many factors, such as the type of scope and temperature differential. Refractors are ...
March Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times are UT (subtract 5 hours and when appropriate 1 calendar day for EST) 3/1 Mercury is 3.3 degrees north-northwest of...
C/2006 A1 Pojmanski is the brightest comet in the sky at present. It is a naked eye object for anyone with a dark eastern horizon. It should be an easy target...
Has anyone managed to view the Not-So-Great Red Spot yet? -- Dave http://starry-starry-nights.blogspot.com/ ... From: davejm28 To: starrynights@yahoogroups.com...
I missed a few opportunities to observe Comet Pojmanski A1 last week but I did manage to spot it this morning with my Celestron 8x42 binocular. It was a...
Mars and Aldebaran are at this time, right next to each other and the same brightness and color! As Mars dims, it would be instructive to determine the first...
I got up a little after 3:00 AM to observe and make a sketch of Comet Pojmanski (C/2006 A1). It was mostly clear with a limiting magnitude of around 5.3....
... This is probably not a very good test. Both objects are red, and red stars are notoriously hard to estimate because of something called the Purkinje...
Dennis: Excellent images of the comet. Lots of detail in the tail - the binning really brings out the detail. Pretty amazing for such a poor light-polluted...
Eric: Thanks for the comet observing report, drawing, and your observing tips. Your observing suggestions are right-on. I already use your described...
Mike: Glad you found the report, drawing and observing tips helpful. You bring up a good point about using different magnifications as well to help bring out...
Comet C/2006 A1 Pojmanski Observed from Under the Bright Lights of Chicago I have been anxious for a comet hunting session for some time now with the news of...
2006 March 7/8 A brief clear spell made this a one-object night. My goal was to observe the near-Earth asteroid 2000 PN9, and I succeeded. The asteroid was...
... Comet Pojmanski is currently visible from New York (and, in fact, just about everywhere else in the world too) low in the eastern sky just before dawn. It...
... A finder chart for the comet is on my web page at: http://members.leapmail.net/~ericj/comet_pojmanski.html I was observing it this morning and it appeared...
I am so jealous of everyone who has gotten to see it thus far. The two times in the past week and a half or so, that it was supposed to be clear in the...
Eric and Dennis, Thanks for sharing your sketches, photos and observation details. It seems like ages since my last comet observation and I'm really looking...
Jen, Not to despair! Perhaps it will clear for at least one morning, though the Moon is becoming a threat... But then there's May and Schwassman-Wachman 3,...
The latest CVnet Interview with Koji Mukai is now online. Follow the links from the CVnet home page: http://cvnet.aavso.org Koji is a PhD astronomer working...
... Hi Mike - I only scanned the transcript, but it appears that Koji is an interesting interview =-) Any chance you can talk your "Slacker Astronomy" buddies...
This morning I finally observed Comet Pojmanski through a telescope, albeit only a small one (namely my 80mm Orion ShortTube achromat), from a nearby park from...
Hi group, I was out last in with my N8i-se and here is what I saw. I think it is pretty good for an 8" SCT!! I was out in my front yard last night, in South...
