spotted something early this morning

[brian nordstrom]

:question::) Hi , after work last night ( 1am) I set up my Sky90 for a quick look .
Using my 40mm 2 inch AT Titan I spotted what looked like a very bright comet nucleus about 7-8th mag .
I watched it for 2 hours hoping to see a movement , sketched the field using a 15mm and 2x Barlow at about 70x then turned in.
Today after I woke up I searched Stellarium and there is no Glob's , in that field , going way deeper than stellarium goes so I opened Microsofts ' World wide Telescope' and still there is nothing in the area I was looking at this morning ? .

I will view the same field tomorrow morning at about 1am to see if this object has moved .

Interesting that this object is not on both programs , as well as my hard copy of Sky Atlas 2000 ?? :question:.
I will let all know the out come tomorrow .

Ps . I was the co-(re) discoverer of W/S 3rd in about 1996 so I know how to raise the flag on discovering a comet , exciting stuff! :) .
Brian.

[Becstar]

Good on you! Have you heard anything back on this?

[nebulosity.]

That is very exiting mate, I hope it is a comet:thumbsup:

[bigjoe]

Torture, Brian.Keep us all posted.:)

[04Stefan07]

Keep us posted mate!

[Becstar]

Reminds me of that film Deep Impact where those kids spot something unusual at the start of the film.

If it's an asteroid, I hope it's not headed for us! :P

[brian nordstrom]

:thumbsup: , Thanks all .
I did not get a chance to view the spot again until this morning ,, night shift and clouds conspired against me , but what ever it was it has moved out of the area .
I searched for over an hour this morning at 3am in a systematic search , but to no avail , what ever it was its now gone .
But it did look like a comet's nuculeus

I narrowed the search area to a small triangle in Corvus the crow .

About 3 degrees north/west of Beta Corvus is a small triangle consisting of HIP113711, AIP113659 and AIP113774 , this comet like nucules was about 1/3 the way from AIP113659 towards HIP113711, but it was not there this morning so what ever it was its either faded or moved from the area , bummer :sadeyes: .
Oh well .

But it was fun while it lasted , better luck next time .
Brian.