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