[NatureNS] Comet McNaught a lovely comet to see

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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:39:28 -0400
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I  must say I feel extremely fortunate to have had 5 exciting 
Jamie,

By now you have probably read Pat Kelly's message.  This comet show  
is pretty much over for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. I  had  
hoped to try the daytime view that was possible on Saturday and  
Sunday but cloud over Nova Scotia prevented that from happening.   I  
doubt that the comet will be bright enough for any further  very rare  
daytime viewing by the time the current weather system passes.  About  
the only current viewing we can participate in now is the SOHO site.  
I see that the comet is still in the C3 camera range with Mercury  
(  http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html ),  
however, even that will  be over within the next 24 hours.  There are  
a number of interesting photographs of the comet (about 7 or 8 pages  
worth, that one can access), shared on the Space Weather comet  
gallery ( http://www.spaceweather.com ).

Even though Comet McNaught was first discovered last August, comet  
performance is difficult to predict, so, expectations are always  
guarded.  It was Comet McNaught's,  surprising brightness just before  
Jan 7th, that made us take notice. Adding to the observing challenge  
is the unpredictability of  weather and the narrow window of  
observing time when comets put on their best performances. The  
performance stage hugs sunrise and sunset  (solar heating when comets  
near the Sun is one of the important ingredients).

Sherman Williams
sherm@glinx.com
website:  http://www.glinx.com/~sherm



On 14-Jan-07, at 12:56 PM, Jamie Simpson wrote:

> Sherman
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> How long will we have to get a chance to view this comet?
>
> JS
>
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