Schwassmann-Wachmann through TV76
Had my first view of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann this morning. Went
out about 3am after the moon had set with the comet well placed high
overhead in Boötes. Using the Tele Vue 76 with 16mm Nagler (30x) found
the comet after a bit of careful star-hopping. The comet was small and
round and quite faint through my mag 4.5 or so backyard skies. Looked
like a small galaxy. Seemed a little easier to see using 9mm Nagler
(53x). From a dark site i'm sure this comet would have been quite easy
and maybe even visible in binoculars. Looking forward to watching this
one brighten over the next couple of months!
-Florian
Stargazing.com
Palm Springs, Cailf.
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Relevant Pages
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... as well as on behalf of our moon and future ... impact debris itself) as coming off that extremely dark/dirty comet, ... is possible if any as it's making a relative velocity of 60 km/s plus ... atmosphere of Tempel-1 can't hardly be ten fold greater. ...
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... it would take all the energy in the galaxy to move 'a chunk of ... >A chunk of a comet hit russia at the turn of the century. ... Would the moon be destroyed in the process? ... After the proto moon and proto earth struck and ended up forming the present ...
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