9 Nov
2007
9 Nov
'07
1:51 p.m.
Comet 17P is in its 16th day of outburst (11/9/07). Between the 20th and 31st day of the 1892 outburst, the comet declined in brightness from naked-eye to an averted object in a 150mm refractor. Continued amatuer photographic monitoring may capture additional unusual behavior of this comet during a possible "shut-down" over the next 14 days, e.g. rapid dimming, jet turn-off in the central condensation, tail disconnection. Background note and table of elapsed day of events during the 1892 outburst are posted at - http://www.utahastronomy.com/Current_observing_events#Estimate_of_how_long_1... - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net