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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-237--605352810 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi everyone: The comet is now gone. :( For people at our latitude it now sets before the Sun in the evening, and rises before the Sun in the morning. People in the southern hemisphere will still be able to see if for a while yet. On Saturday, some people who had clear skies were able to see the comet near the Sun near noon! This is from Paul Gray in Fredericton: ====== 2:17pm AST here in NEw Brusniwwck under clear deep blue skies! The comet is NAKED EYE!!!!!!!! I just came in from viewing this with Binos and naked eye! Placing the sun behind the corner of my roof and looking some 4-5 degrees to the left and slightly above the comet was easy in bino's! I then dropped them and HOLY #*$&!!!! There it is. I took my 6 year old daughter out without telling here why....I said stand here and pointed and look up htere, see anything? She said yes, a bright point with a fuzz behind it...is that the comet? IT is so easy!!! ====== The opportunity of seeing a comet in broad daylight in a once in a life time event for most people As the comet is quickly moving away from the Sun it will rapidly dim so that if will no longer be visible during the day. Given the weather forecast, we will not get a clear sky in time. Pat If it had been clea On Jan 14, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Jamie Simpson wrote: > Sherman > > How long will we have to get a chance to view this comet? > > JS > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherman Williams" <sherm@glinx.com> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:59 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Comet McNaught a lovely comet to see > > >> I posted my Thursday observations and a photo sample of Comet >> McNaught at http://www.glinx.com/~sherm/astro_note-jan07.htm . I >> must say I feel extremely fortunate to have had 5 exciting >> observation sessions with this great comet! Jan 7 (after sunset), Jan >> 9 (after sunset), Jan 10 (after sunset), Jan 11(mid afternoon >> daytime observation) and Jan 11(after sunset). >> >> Now I see it is coming into view on the LASCO C3 camera at the SOHO >> site. http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html >> >> I have enjoyed reading your posted reports from yesterday and today. >> Thanks. >> >> Sherman >> >> Sherman Williams >> sherm@glinx.com >> website: http://www.glinx.com/~sherm >> >> >> >> On 11-Jan-07, at 5:51 PM, Peter Payzant wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the warning, Sherman. That was undoubtedly the most >>> spectacular comet sighting I have ever had. A great long tail, >>> strangely more apparent to the naked eye than through binoculars. >>> We first saw it at 5:23, and continued watching it for another 20 >>> minutes. It was behind clouds part of the time, but remained >>> visible even through the clouds. Wow. >>> >>> Thanks again >>> >>> Peter Payzant >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.9/623 - Release Date: >> 1/11/2007 3:33 PM >> > > ======================================================================== == Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities ======================================================================== == Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University ======================================================================== == PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada ======================================================================== == Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca ======================================================================== == --Apple-Mail-237--605352810 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Hi everyone: The comet is now gone. :( For people at our latitude it now sets before the Sun in the evening, and rises before the Sun in the morning. People in the southern hemisphere will still be able to see if for a while yet. On Saturday, some people who had clear skies were able to see the comet near the Sun near noon! This is from Paul Gray in Fredericton: ====== <italic>2:17pm AST here in NEw Brusniwwck under clear deep blue skies! The comet is NAKED EYE!!!!!!!! I just came in from viewing this with Binos and naked eye! Placing the sun behind the corner of my roof and looking some 4-5 degrees to the left and slightly above the comet was easy in bino's! I then dropped them and HOLY #*$&!!!! There it is. I took my 6 year old daughter out without telling here why....I said stand here and pointed and look up htere, see anything? She said yes, a bright point with a fuzz behind it...is that the comet? IT is so easy!!!</italic> ====== The opportunity of seeing a comet in broad daylight in a once in a life time event for most people As the comet is quickly moving away from the Sun it will rapidly dim so that if will no longer be visible during the day. Given the weather forecast, we will not get a clear sky in time. Pat If it had been clea On Jan 14, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Jamie Simpson wrote: <excerpt>Sherman How long will we have to get a chance to view this comet? JS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherman Williams" <<sherm@glinx.com> To: <<naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Comet McNaught a lovely comet to see <excerpt>I posted my Thursday observations and a photo sample of Comet McNaught at http://www.glinx.com/~sherm/astro_note-jan07.htm . I must say I feel extremely fortunate to have had 5 exciting