Re: Comet Tempel1 seen in 5" Refractor

Good luck. The difficulty is not in the location...

Doink


"szaki" <szaki10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Doink wrote:
>> Greetings Group
>>
>> Last night I managed to find and actually see Tempel1 in my 5" f/8
>> refractor at 50x. The comet is very dim and diffuse. I was surprised
>> actually how diffuse it was in the eyepiece. Moments of great seeing
>> allowed resolution of a nucleus. Seeing was 9/10 or better. Two friends
>> were present---one with a 12" DOB and the other an 8" reflector on EQ
>> mount. Both were able to locate and see the same independently---the DOB
>> was much better than my view in terms of brightness but I had a slight
>> edge for detail. It was nearly centered and below HIP 65928 & 65923. I
>> have been trying since last Friday to see it and was finally successful
>> last night.
>>
>> I would encourage and new observers to get a chart and try to find
>> it---even if it takes hours or days. This "quest" has really sharpened
>> my observing skills and made me a much better observer. I learned to pay
>> more attention to star patterns, be more patient and to look deeper.
>> After the success, I was amazed how easy other targets were to find and
>> how big and bright other objects seemed to be! M80 looked huge and
>> bright by comparison---of course, it is---but in relative proportion to
>> the comet M80 appeared VERY impressive.
>>
>> Doink
> Temple is 16 deg left from Jupiter or 4 deg above Spica, looking it SN
> Pro.
> Can't be that hard to find it?!
> I'll try it tonight!
> JS


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