[CometChasing] Digest Number 726

Comet Chasing

 

1. Comet 81P  Brightest in the Sky From: Dennis Persyk

 

 Comet 81P  Brightest in the Sky

 

Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:26 pm (PDT)

 

Comet 81P in Virgo is the brightest comet in the sky right now. It is approximately magnitude 8.9 and has a broad diffuse fan tail extending some 15-20 arc minuets. My images and supporting data are here

http://users.FoxValley.net/~dpersyk/new.htm

and I hope you will take a look.

 

Clear skies,

 

Dennis Persyk

Igloo (Now Roll-Off) Observatory Home Page http://users.FoxValley.net/~dpersyk

Hampshire, IL

 

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Good Clear Skies

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Astrocomet

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Colin James Watling

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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)

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