Re: [APML] get ready, giant comet coming

["John C. Mirtle" <jmirtle@shaw.ca>]

> It will be a challenge to photograph with film because it will have an
> apparent motion of about 1 arc minute every six minutes

Dale;
    You now have 2 1/2  years warning to get yourself a Schmidt camera. :-)
Hopefully I can collimate my 5.5" Schmidt by then. :-( This could make an
interesting photo project - shooting the comet every month or so with the same
focal length and documenting the changes. I did this for Hale/Bopp over a period
of 9 months, and wished I had started earlier.

John Mirtle
Calgary, Ab. Canada


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