http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/ Indian Comet Observing Group Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:58:29 GMT rahul zota http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/452 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/452 Hello Friends! Happy New Year! The year 2009 was full of experiences for me. I spent total 57 hours and 17 minutes in this year. My career time spent is 79 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:40:00 GMT rahul zota http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/451 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/451 The morning of 24th December was good and the naked-eye limit of stars was 4.5 near zenith. The last week was hazy and no comet hunting or observing was Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:23:16 GMT Amar S http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/450 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/450 Hello Cometeers, This is to update of my last 3 comets observations, making my count of comets observed (on own) go to 30 [witnessed adds to 32]. All thanks to Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:36:45 GMT Amar S http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/449 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/449 Hello Cometeers, The webpage of Alan Hale "Countdown to 500 Comets" is updated, with my count to 17 comets; with 3 new observations - C/2008 Q3 Garradd in Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:37:57 GMT Amar S http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/448 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/448 Hello All, This should have come in much earlier. After a very, very slow wriggle ahead, finally the 25-cometary mark just crossed! But I'd be happier to say Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:56:07 GMT Amar Sharma http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/447 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/447 Hello All, This is to announce about the news just in. 217/P LINEAR, which was gradually receding in brightness at 10th magnitude in Monoceros, has just Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:26:03 GMT Amar S http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/446 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/446 Very interesting. Please read through the entire thread, from the Minor Planet Mailing List. My sincere congrats to Richard! And all those hard-working Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:57:34 GMT Amar S http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/445 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/445 Some photos I could get, from international amateurs, of this rendezvous event. You would get more if you search. 1) Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:23:26 GMT Amar S http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/444 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/444 Goodness Gracious...This is simply breath-taking (atleast to me)! http://www.amication.de/Bernhards_Comet_Project/c2008p1_20090927.htm OR Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:48:49 GMT Amar S http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/443 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/443 A nice image of medium bright (8th mag) comet 88/P Howell passing close to Antares and M4 globular in Scorpius. Image taken by Rob Kaufman on 6 October. Canon Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:43:37 GMT Amar Sharma http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/442 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/442 There is an interesting rendezvous in the coming days, as mentioned above in Subject line, of Comet 217/P LINEAR with the most famed Orion Nebula, M42. This Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:52:15 GMT amar_universe http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/441 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/441 Of the many interesting things happening in the cometary world, I thought of sharing this first. This is a picture of the non-periodic comet C/2008 P1 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:28:04 GMT amar_universe http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/440 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/440 ... OK I must have missed it out. The comet orbital elements page of IAU below mentions the parameter 'P' which is the periodicity. For P/2009 Q5 (McNaught) Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:21:41 GMT amar_universe http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/439 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/439 Rob McNaught's rocking days are on. No later than we blinked our eyes at P/2009 Q5 (McNaught), he's on from his 50th to 51st namely C/2009 R1 (McNaught). From Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:30:24 GMT amar_universe http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/438 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/438 Hello All, Robert McNaught, the famed professional astronomer, working on minor planets at the Siding Spring Observatory (teamed with Gordon Garradd), just