[NatureNS] Comet McNaught a lovely comet to see

Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:05:10 -0400
From: Jamie Simpson <jsimpson@win.eastlink.ca>
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Darn!

Thanks Sherman.

JS
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From: "Sherman Williams" <sherm@glinx.com>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Comet McNaught a lovely comet to see


> 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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