RE: [APML] OT: Comet Machholz flies over the pole

["Chris Schur" <cschur@therim.com>]

Thanks Stuart and Dominic.  I think the altitude of 7000 feet helped my
spotting the comet visually.  I suspected 1 degree of tail in the
binoculars.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
[mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of Stuart Heggie
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 4:56 AM
To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
Subject: Re: [APML] OT: Comet Machholz flies over the pole


Nice shot Chris! I looked for it visually Saturday night but dark as my
skies are, I could spot it.

Stuart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schur" <cschur@therim.com>
To: "APML" <Astro-Photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:50 PM
Subject: [APML] OT: Comet Machholz flies over the pole


> Hi everyone,
>
> Here is a shot of the comet about 5 degrees over polaris Friday night from
> my backyard in Payson, with my 6" schmidt newtonian.  The comet is still
> bright at about mag 6.5, and as you will see from my shot, still has both
> tails:
>
> http://www.schursastrophotography.com/latest72.html
>
> Thanks for looking!
>
> Chris Schur
> www.schursastrophotography.com
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