Let's "commemorate" Comet McNaught ...

kochu · Post by **kochu** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:50 pm

You can get the Orbital elements from the following site for entering in Auto Star etc..

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemeri ... 006P1.html

Kochu/11-1-07

Post by **weixing** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:13 pm

Hi,
Base on these few days weather and weather forecast, I think the chances of seeing it doesn't look good even in daytime.

Have a nice day.

jiahao1986 · Post by **jiahao1986** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:18 pm

weixing wrote:Hi,
Base on these few days weather and weather forecast, I think the chances of seeing it doesn't look good even in daytime.

Have a nice day.

For Sunday, there is a relatively small possibility of rain, 20% as forecast shows. So maybe on Sunday we can get some clear sky...

vainqueur · Post by **vainqueur** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:48 pm

haha... i think we can forget it during the day... i think the "safest" timing to see mcnaught is around 6.45pm when the sun is setting but it is very near to the horizon... where to find a clear spot in singapore???

Added: but hey, according to starry night... from now until 14, it is up there above...

jiahao1986 · Post by **jiahao1986** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:53 pm

vainqueur wrote:haha... i think we can forget it during the day... i think the "safest" timing to see mcnaught is around 6.45pm when the sun is setting but it is very near to the horizon... where to find a clear spot in singapore???

Added: but hey, according to starry night... from now until 14, it is up there above...

You have to bear in mind that the comet is only 5 degrees from the sun, and it will set soon after the sun. So we may not have enough time to catch it before it sets.

vainqueur · Post by **vainqueur** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:03 pm

haha... ya and its not easy to catch the comet with the telescope or whatever as it will fly by very fast...

Post by **weixing** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:36 pm

Hi,

haha... ya and its not easy to catch the comet with the telescope or whatever as it will fly by very fast...

It's moving, but not fast... I mean visually it like stationary if you are not using very high magnification.

It's difficult to observe because it very close to the Sun and the window of seeing it after Sunset will be very short and seeing is always very bad so close to horizon.

Have a nice day.

vainqueur · Post by **vainqueur** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:19 am

well, too bad its raining these few days... if not, its worth a try...

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:19 am

My equipment is ready, and I will try ONCE the weather clears up.... still waiting

jiahao1986 · Post by **jiahao1986** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:15 pm

rlow wrote:My equipment is ready, and I will try ONCE the weather clears up.... still waiting

Wow, that's great. What about inviting other folks to join you if weather permits, Richard?