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

[Jason Ware <jtw@galaxyphoto.com>]

Got it from Plano (north of Dallas) tonight 5/4/04. Barely
visible with 10x50's

Geoff Powers wrote:
> 
>  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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