Using my 40+ year-old Bushnell 8x40mm Wide Angle bino (ten degree true FOV), I could detect about a 2-1/2- degree long tail and bright, concentrated coma this morning. The tail is pointed back in the general direction of Spica. Backyard in the middle of the SL valley. I'm going to try again in a few minutes from my office in North Salt Lake using the 10x25mm bino I keep here. Waiting for a cloud to move away. Any luck from Stansbury, Patrick?
No luck from NSL. The morning twilight is too bright and the high cirrus won't move. I guess I was lucky to get a shot through a break in the clouds before I left the house this morning. Get out before 6 AM if you want to see it. The sky brightens up quickly after that. It's getting lower very fast. Perihelion is only about a week away. On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Using my 40+ year-old Bushnell 8x40mm Wide Angle bino (ten degree true FOV), I could detect about a 2-1/2- degree long tail and bright, concentrated coma this morning. The tail is pointed back in the general direction of Spica. Backyard in the middle of the SL valley.
I'm going to try again in a few minutes from my office in North Salt Lake using the 10x25mm bino I keep here. Waiting for a cloud to move away.
Any luck from Stansbury, Patrick?
Clouds at Stansbury. Maybe Friday morning. BTW, I just received the following: +++++ There will be a Comet ISON Star Party at the Joshua Tree National Park on Saturday, November 23rd from 6:30 to 10pm. +++++ patrick On 20 Nov 2013, at 06:22, Chuck Hards wrote:
Using my 40+ year-old Bushnell 8x40mm Wide Angle bino (ten degree true FOV), I could detect about a 2-1/2- degree long tail and bright, concentrated coma this morning. The tail is pointed back in the general direction of Spica. Backyard in the middle of the SL valley.
I'm going to try again in a few minutes from my office in North Salt Lake using the 10x25mm bino I keep here. Waiting for a cloud to move away.
Any luck from Stansbury, Patrick?
Well, I hope people don't expect to see ISON from 6:30 to 10:00 PM. On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
BTW, I just received the following:
+++++ There will be a Comet ISON Star Party at the Joshua Tree National Park on Saturday, November 23rd from 6:30 to 10pm. +++++
One if the organizers just replied to my email saying: +++++ Yes, we realize ISON is an early morning comet presently. So we won't be viewing it at the star party. We will be observing many other things, talking about how to observe comets, comet science, and NASA's comet mission discoveries. +++++ patrick Sent from my iPad
On Nov 20, 2013, at 13:48, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, I hope people don't expect to see ISON from 6:30 to 10:00 PM.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
BTW, I just received the following:
+++++ There will be a Comet ISON Star Party at the Joshua Tree National Park on Saturday, November 23rd from 6:30 to 10pm. +++++
Ok, they know ISON won't be visible, so naturally they pitch it to the public as a Comet ISON star party. Makes perfect sense. (whats the ASCII emoticon for looney?) ;-) ISON won't be circumpolar until later in December, meaning it will be visible all night from mid-northern latitudes. For several weeks after perihelion, it's still a morning object- when it's brightest, if it survives. It's best show will be over by the time it's an evening object. On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
One if the organizers just replied to my email saying:
+++++ Yes, we realize ISON is an early morning comet presently. So we won't be viewing it at the star party. We will be observing many other things, talking about how to observe comets, comet science, and NASA's comet mission discoveries. +++++
Chuck, try :-s as an ASCII emoticon for loony (it's really for confusion though). Mat -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:27 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Comet ISON 11/20 Ok, they know ISON won't be visible, so naturally they pitch it to the public as a Comet ISON star party. Makes perfect sense. (whats the ASCII emoticon for looney?) ;-) ISON won't be circumpolar until later in December, meaning it will be visible all night from mid-northern latitudes. For several weeks after perihelion, it's still a morning object- when it's brightest, if it survives. It's best show will be over by the time it's an evening object. On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
One if the organizers just replied to my email saying:
+++++ Yes, we realize ISON is an early morning comet presently. So we won't be viewing it at the star party. We will be observing many other things, talking about how to observe comets, comet science, and NASA's comet mission discoveries. +++++
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