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Nova And Comets!
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18 years 7 months ago #26295
by martinastro
Martin Mc Kenna
coruscations attending the whole length of the luminosity, giving to the phenomena the aspect of a wrathful messenger, and not that of a tranquil body pursuing a harmless course..comet of 1680
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Had a beautiful sky at 03.00 UT this morning. Seen twin Moon pilllars followed by a single pillar 10* high and several Lyrid and Virginid meteors.
With the 8" Dob with 40mm eyepiece yielding a FOV of over 1* i observed Nova Cygni 2006, C/2006 A1 Pojmanski (faint + Diffuse), 73P/ Schwassmann - Wachmann 3 fragments C and B. Both were bright and each had a dust tail pointing SW that was very obvious despite strong Moonlight. Rounded the session up with a short moonlight comet hunting session and a look at M27, M71, M56, M13, M92, M57, Double cluster, Moon and Jupiter. Great session.... 1 Nova and 3 comets and to top it all of it started snowing heavily on me!!
Clear skies
With the 8" Dob with 40mm eyepiece yielding a FOV of over 1* i observed Nova Cygni 2006, C/2006 A1 Pojmanski (faint + Diffuse), 73P/ Schwassmann - Wachmann 3 fragments C and B. Both were bright and each had a dust tail pointing SW that was very obvious despite strong Moonlight. Rounded the session up with a short moonlight comet hunting session and a look at M27, M71, M56, M13, M92, M57, Double cluster, Moon and Jupiter. Great session.... 1 Nova and 3 comets and to top it all of it started snowing heavily on me!!
Clear skies
Martin Mc Kenna
coruscations attending the whole length of the luminosity, giving to the phenomena the aspect of a wrathful messenger, and not that of a tranquil body pursuing a harmless course..comet of 1680
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