[meteorite-list] COMET SWAN (C/2006 M4)

[Gerald Flaherty]

Hey Sterling, I fially got a faint glimpse of Comet Swan!
Thanks for not "giving up on it" for the team!!
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 2:52 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] COMET SWAN (C/2006 M4)


> Hi,
> 
>    This beautiful little green comet has just made its
> fourth appearance in the Astronomy Picture of the Day:
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
> 
>    If you miss catching the photo today, it will still 
> be in the APOD archives under today's date. The 
> three previous APOD images were all in the past 
> thirty days, on October 4th, 19th, and 28th.
> 
>    The comet was discovered independently by List 
> member Rob Matson and Michael Mattiazzo (of 
> Austrailia) on Solar Wind ANisotropy images, which 
> is why it isn't called Comet Matson-Mattiazzo, which 
> would have been a euphonious name.
> 
>    You can catch the now-fading comet with biggish 
> binoculars or a small telescope. It's in the middle of the 
> constellation Hercules right now. A chart of its positions
> by date can be found at:
> http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2006M4/2006M4.html
> 
>    The other thing you need is a good view of the sky.
> (I've had nine straight days of overcast and cloud cover.)
> 
> 
> Sterling K. Webb
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