73P/Schwassman - Wachman 3

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73P/Schwassman - Wachman 3

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Hi............everyone
Ripply gas tail evident shine at magnitude 4 late in the evening. Observed
on 25 MAY 2006 at local time 20.10pm location Bedok Reservoir Rd.Even the comet should delight the binoculars observers. :shock: ....Just got lucky to see it yesterday.hehehehe :).Event can be observe on Sat 27 May and Mon 29 May 2006 as published in sky and telescopes May 2006 issue pg 60. :D


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Hi Amin:

That is exciting.. but i thought the fragments only visible in early am eg 4am 14 degree elevation, 92 azimuth ? Which fragment did you see and where?

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rgds
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Hi folks:

Decided to hunt for the 73p both fragments this morning..


http://nightevents.blogspot.com/

Fragments C and B detected in Mintron + 100mm video lens on tripod. They looked like tiny tadpoles in my GV-D800E video walkman LCD..


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73/p

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Hi Chia......
What type of fragmnet A or B I really dun noe.....I'm not an expert but I am only begginners :).It was just my luck to see this thing in my mini scope while was fine tuning the focuser.It is definitely not an aeroplane becoz the light does not blink like the aircraft light do.Maybe I am lucky that day the sky was quite clear too and it really shows the tails visibily in my TOYS 'R' US scope.kekekeke :D
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Hi Amin,

I think you may have mistaken something else for the comet.

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Junwei
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Hi,
Yes... I think what you are seeing is not the comet... at least the comet can't be seen during the time you mention... it can be only be seen before sun raise...

Have a nice day.
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you guys r rite........

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Hi guys.......
Junwei and Weixing u guys are rite........i might mistaken it for comet.so sorie guys... :( but i think it is at least a meteor becoz i noe that this is not an aeroplane.......thanz guys..and have anice day. 8-)
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Hi,
Hi guys.......
Junwei and Weixing u guys are rite........i might mistaken it for comet.so sorie guys... but i think it is at least a meteor becoz i noe that this is not an aeroplane.......thanz guys..and have anice day.
How long does the object stay there?? Meteor normally last less than a second... I think if you can see a gas tail and it stay visible for more than a few seconds, I think it might just be an aeroplane...

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HI.....
just a few seconds and after that the thing is gone :oops:
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