[meteorite-list] Sundiving Comet

[MexicoDoug]

It's always great to hear of a new comet we can see, but SOHO's been 
cranking them out every week, especially these neverending Kreutz 
fragment stream like the one today, and there's not much to observe 
except online.  It's getting harder to be excited for discoveries that 
one guy makes and then someone else looks at the same picture 15 
seconds later an sees the same thing.  I am sure it is exciting for the 
discoverers, but:

For those who still like to observe things with their own eyes through 
glass, the thrill I'd recommend the newest bright SWAN Comet discovered 
by Rob Matson a couple weeks ago.  For most of our latitudes, the comet 
will be visible doing its thing with the Virgin (Virgo) all night at 
almost the 10th magnitude, which is decent enough for a small-medium 
sized telescope.  Plus Rob is a list member!

It's C/2011 Q4 if you are looking it up...

Kindest wishes
Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, Sep 13, 2011 3:09 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] Sundiving Comet




Space Weather News for Sept. 13, 2011
http://spaceweather.com

SUNDIVING COMET:  A comet is diving into the sun today. Just discovered
by comet hunters Michal Kusiak of Poland and Sergei Schmalz of Germany 
in
data from SOHO, the icy visitor from the outer solar system is expected
to brighten to first magnitude before it disintegrates on Sept. 14th.
Visit http://spaceweather.com today and tomorrow to follow the comet's
death plunge.


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