[Chaos-l] Tonights Meeting

[Robert Nielsen]

Well, actually it was a different one that I was talking about!   The 
one we saw was comet C/2009 K5 McNaught ... in Camelopardalis.   I knew 
about the one you mention as well ... but you have to get up (or stay 
up) to see it in the morning.  The K5 comet is visible early at night 
... in the north.   In fact, it rotates closer to the horizon as the 
night progresses ... so you need to catch it as soon after sunset as you 
can.   The tail wasn't very long ... but definitely visible (in my 12" 
scope).  And under higher magnification, we could see some structure in 
the head.

The other notable thing last night that we saw was Uranus and Jupiter in 
the same field-of-view.   The horizon was cloudy ... and the views of 
Jupiter were not the best I've seen ... but you could definitely see 
Jupiter, the four Galilean moons, and Uranus at the bottom of the 
field!  Not sure if you can see the same tonight ... they might be 
moving further apart now.

Robert

Jon Stewart-Taylor wrote:
> Jayme asked
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>>> Has anyone seen the comet?
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> and Robert said:
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>> Yep ... saw it last night at Medoc.  
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> For those like myself who ignorantly asked themselves "What comet?":
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> http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/94277259.html?
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> Quick summary: currently visible in binoculars early in the morning in 
> Perseus, may be brighter in a week or so, but will be lower in the sky 
> as the month progresses.
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> J.
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