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Re: Countdown to 500 comets program

Amar S — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:36:45 GMT

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

Silver Jubilee of Comets!

Amar S — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:37:57 GMT

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

217/P outburst!! Alert!

Amar Sharma — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:56:07 GMT

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

Fwd: {MPML} 2008 TC3 and Richard Kowalski

Amar S — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:26:03 GMT

Very interesting. Please read through the entire thread, from the Minor Planet Mailing List. My sincere congrats to Richard! And all those hard-working

Re: [X-POST] 217/P photographic rendezvous with M42

Amar S — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:57:34 GMT

Some photos I could get, from international amateurs, of this rendezvous event. You would get more if you search. 1)

Re: Lengthy tail - C/2008 P1 Garradd

Amar S — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:23:26 GMT

Goodness Gracious...This is simply breath-taking (atleast to me)! http://www.amication.de/Bernhards_Comet_Project/c2008p1_20090927.htm OR

88/P Howell + M4

Amar S — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:48:49 GMT

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

[X-POST] 217/P photographic rendezvous with M42

Amar Sharma — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:43:37 GMT

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

Lengthy tail - C/2008 P1 Garradd

amar_universe — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:52:15 GMT

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

Re: 51st comet for McNaught !

amar_universe — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:28:04 GMT

... 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)

Re: 50th comet for McNaught !

amar_universe — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:21:41 GMT

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

50th comet for McNaught !

amar_universe — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:30:24 GMT

Hello All, Robert McNaught, the famed professional astronomer, working on minor planets at the Siding Spring Observatory (teamed with Gordon Garradd), just

Re: The Mark Twain - Halley Comet connection

Neha Das — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:58:59 GMT

Amazing article ...!!!! ... From: rahul zota Subject: Re: [comet_observing_india] The Mark Twain - Halley Comet connection To:

Re: Fw: [Astronomy_Activities_2009] THE EDGAR WILSON AWARD-2009

Amar Sharma — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:25:40 GMT

5 amateur discoveries in the age of 2009, impressive! But we notice that all these must be photographic discoveries. Visual discoveries are looking bleaker by

Re: The Mark Twain - Halley Comet connection

rahul zota — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:34:21 GMT

Wow! Nice information Amar! ... From: Amar Sharma Subject: [comet_observing_india] The Mark Twain - Halley Comet connection To: