Beginning about 10:30 I periodically swept the area in the sky for the comet with my 10-inch F5 Newt at about 94 power but didn't pick up the comet. (Perhaps I should have used more magnification?) I watched NASA's coverage for a few minutes, then went out at about 12:15 and scanned that part of the sky again. This time I found a distinct non-stellar object in the correct position at the limits of visibility. By then, of course, Spica was getting very low in the West, into some moderate light pollution from town (Mt. Pleasant) and the smoky/hazy skies. I will verify the field tomorrow and compare to the same scene tomorrow night just after dark. All in all, a pretty cool event. How many folks were gathered at SPOC? Wish I could have joined y'all... ----- Original Message ----- From: <paw@trilobyte.net> To: <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 12:15 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Bulls Eye | The amount of ejecta is incredible!!! And the pictures returned by the impactor on the way in will make a great movie. | | Several of us have noticed a definate brightening of the comet but only by maybe one magniturde. | | When the impact was announced the crowd here at SPOC erupted into yells and applause. :-) | | Patrick | | ___________________________________ | NOCC, http://nocc.sourceforge.net | | | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ | |