Re: [APML] Visual on C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)...

["Bobby Middleton" <bobm@koyote.com>]

When will this comet be at peak position Geoff?
Bobby Middleton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Powers" <astropix@att.net>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 9:15 PM
Subject: [APML] Visual on C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)...


> Hello List...
>
>      Yup... it's visible now... by ascending upon the roof of my domicile,
I was
> able to catch a fleeting glimpse of this visitor.
>
>      Caught it in my 10X50 binos... maybe 30 seconds before it was lost in
the
> trees, about 9:05 PM EDT, from north Atlanta metro.
>
>      It looked like an arrowhead, almost parallel to the horizon, pointed
just
> below north. Very bright core, but no discernable tail.
>
>      Local conditions prohibited a better view... but the nucleus was
easily mag
> 1.x... approximately as bright as Procyon, Castor and Pollux.
>
>      Get ready, Ye... the time approacheth fast !!!
>
>  Best...   :o)
>
>
> --
>  Geoff
>
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>
>
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