I was rather surprised when I saw that my claim of 6/28 hadn't confirmed, so as Derek suggested, I fired off an e-mail to him. Then I took a close look at the...
For all you who scour the archives for comets, how do you know that what you report hasn't been seen before. Is there a "master list" of all comets that you...
... Then ... I ... It's all straightened out now, so I'm relieved. By the way, I thought I'd mention a sort of surreal coincidence distinguishing SOHO's sky ...
Tony, ... I use simply the time when the comet is visible and the MPEC with the astrometric data and compare. Additionally the list of not confirmed comets is...
Tony, Don't worry too much about this. It was mostly just a little sloppiness on our part here on SOHO. As you saw, we made an error, but you correctly...
dougbiesecker
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Jul 5, 2002 1:56 pm
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Hi group, I have to admit that I am aboslutely impressed by Rainer's efforts and successes to search the archives. Another two non-Kreutz objects (one ...
I have to congratulate Rainer on these finds. I have just looked at the GIF images of the comet from 18 Feb 2001. This is very faint and difficult to find. I...
Michael Oates
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Jul 5, 2002 7:02 pm
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Mike, ... Indeed... ... You remember that I had also a few months to check when the first run at the archival images was on. I also tried to look for...
... the ... Then ... claim ... name ... not ... was. ... No problem, Doug--I'm just glad that it's straightened out. Nonetheless, I'll try to make a point of...
... that ... of ... list on ... circulars, ... yet, ... that ... the ... Maik-- That seems pretty straightforward. Truth be told, I very much doubt that I'll...
... taking ... say ... I'm glad to say I did get to see Ikeya-Zhang one more time, though the bottom has dropped out on its brightness--it was invisible in my ...
Tony, ... you're luckier than me, it seems. Although I saw the comet about 36 hours after its discovery, my last observation was on May 31, and since the comet...
... my ... Spending ... me ... screen ... since ... diffuseness I ... the ... The Moon will be about 2.5 days old for you Friday, so maybe you'll still have a...
Hi Maik, Tony, et. al., Back from a wonderful 8 days in Yosemite National Park -- our group trekked for the first 5 days from Mammoth Lakes to the Valley floor...
Welcome back, Rob-- Glad your trip went well--and glad the bear didn't give you too much trouble. I would agree with you, unless the supply of archive comets ...
Hi Rob, ... I have to admit that I am a little bit envious. ;) ... When I was hiking for three weeks through several NPs in the U.S. West I never ever saw any...
... one addendum. I don't want to discourage to search the archives. On the contrary! I have the impression that I am very bad at this. Or simply unlucky. But...
For those of you who don't subscribe to the Yahoo Comets Mailing List, or haven't noticed lately, for the past couple of days there has been discussion about...
Hi all, concerning Dave's latest claim: I have tried to verify it. First I have seen nothing convincing at the indicated positions. When I take 0,0 as bottom...
... have ... 0,0 as ... moving ... Sorry Maik, It is now the morning here and I have just got up and read your message. You are indeed perfectly correct that...
Good morning! ;) ... yes, it is not your fault. There seems to be some problem with the Java tool for position measurements. Regards, Maik (who is on its last...
... have ... Hi Maik, I have opened a new folder in the PHOTOS SECTION called 'Requests For Confirmation' and have added a composite photo of the claim I made...
Hi Dave, ... I have seen your b/w image and compared it to the colour gif's. I have a question: Have you adjusted brightness and contrast with different values...
... gif's. I have a ... values for ... you compare ... the colour ... background ... Hi Sebastian.... No, the original colour images where first cropped and...
Congratulations to Maik on what would seem to be the 25th Meyer Group comet, reported by Rainer a short time ago. And congratulations to Rainer in being so...
Hi all, this will most likely my last post before heading to Denmark (since our house there has no phone connection). ... Yes, a very nice surprise! I can only...
Hi All, Things have quieted down here quite a bit in the last week. Perhaps the current side-by-side comet pair in C3 will spur some renewed message traffic....
Hi All, This is probably only of passing interest to most people, but I determined that asteroid 2001-AF2 is going to transit the sun tomorrow (July 17th) at a...
An interesting pair of comets; by 0018 they seem nearly equal in brightness. I'm not yet sure about the second fragment; it seems iffy at 22:18 and we'll need...
