[Chaos-l] CHAOS meeting this coming Tues. (May 9)

[Mark South]

I wanted to pass this along from Sky and Telescope:

Comet to Cross Ring Nebula Sunday
May 5, 2006 | Amateur astronomers everywhere have been following the  
double comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, well up in the east in late  
evening. Its two largest pieces are currently 7th or 8th magnitude —  
not as bright as was hoped, but still visible with good binoculars  
through a not-too-badly light-polluted sky. On Sunday night, May 7th,  
the comet's brightest piece will pass right across the famous Ring  
Nebula in Lyra! Don't miss this event. . . .

Greg Dillon and I had the opportunity to look at Comet 73P this past  
weekend and it is remarkably beautiful.  We saw fragments B & C.
I can't wait to observe next month with CHAOS.
mark 
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