[Chaos-l] Machholz developing...

[jeffrey.2.cohn at gsk.com]

I was in Vermont over New Years and stayed in a small town with extremely 
dark skies.  The comet was a fantastic sight, didn't see a tail, however. 
Took some decent photos, unfortunately I don't have a web site to post 
them (Will try to bring them to the next CHAOS meeting).  Any plans for a 
viewing session January 7 when it passes by the Pleiades?

Jeffrey Cohn Ph.D.
GlaxoSmithKline
Neurosciences MDC US Clinical
5 Moore Drive MAI-C.2620B.2A RTP NC 27709
Phone: (919) 483-8477 Fax: (919) 483-8302
Jeffrey.2.Cohn at gsk.com



"Stewart-Taylor, Jon" <jstewart at misg.com> 
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Hi all.  Sunday night was the first clear night in a week down in Daytona 
Beach FL (visiting in-laws). Despite the full moon, Machholz was easy to 
find in 10x50 binoculars.  It seems to have brightened since the last time 
i found it about a week ago.  It appeared to be slightly brighter than the 
near-by M42 (Orion Nebula), and about twice the apparent size.  No tail 
visible from the somewhat light-polluted and distinctly moon-washed 
location.

According to the Weather Underground, Wednesday night looks to be clear, 
and the moon won't be rising until 8:00.  Would there be any interest in a 
comet observing session at one of the local sites?  If nothing else, i'm 
thinking about going down to the Farrington Point boat ramp.

Noted from Gary Kronk's page (http://cometography.com/lcomets/2004Q2.html
):

> While the comet is a naked-eye object, it will pass close 
> to two naked-eye clusters. On January 7, the comet passes 
> less than 3° from the Pleiades, while on the night of January 
> 27/28 it will pass about 5° from the Double Cluster in Perseus.

J.
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Jon Stewart-Taylor
Manager, Network Applications Programming
jstewart at misg.com, 919-406-8824

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