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Old 09-01-2007, 07:35 PM
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http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~rmn/C2006P1.htm

a page from the discoverer himself! - and a nice one at that ( for those that havent seen it ) - seems Rob has updated and contains a chart for sydney as well now

EDIT contains amazing historic daytime visual observation from today - i guess with it being summer and having the sun overhead for us is an advantage to be able such rare observations, i think it was first in the world (such an observation of a comet) for a long time?
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Old 11-01-2007, 06:25 PM
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excellent site fringe! im extremely excited about this comet! as i mentioned before, ive never seen one and this could be love at first sight .
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Old 11-01-2007, 06:38 PM
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Beware!! Comets are highly addictive!!

I spent 2 hours in 38 deg. heat trying to find it today. Madness

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Old 11-01-2007, 08:14 PM
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Hi Maksutover, What a comet to begin with!! altho you'll find many, many people started to get deeper into this hobby after seeing something speccy like a great or brilliant comet ect. at some point in there life, DN is right, you could easily become hooked and do all sorts of crazy things just to get another hit.
nice try DN here's to a great weekend/week!
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Old 11-01-2007, 08:18 PM
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I just realised we can reproduce Steve Quirk's graphic for Sydneys latitude from Rob McNaughts page as long as he is credited - so i will then!
should be suitable for most of southern oz as it says

here's the cut and pasted accompanying text

' This diagram by Steve Quirk shows the WSW sky just after sunset for NSW. Venus will be an obvious bright object up to the right, but Mercury will be difficult to see except in binoculars (do not try to look for it or the comet before the Sun has fully set). The position of the comet on seven nights from Jan 13 to 19 is given. Although technically visible on the 13th, the comet sets just after the sun, so it is on the 14th and 15th before the comet is likely to be easily seen. The tail is plotted as a general indication of what might be seen. The outer parts of the tail will only be visible after the sun, and the comet's head, have set much lower below the horizon.

This diagram (and a b+w version) can be freely used in any publication if credited (c) Steve Quirk (2007). Note however the diagram is only really applicable to the southern states of Australia.'

EDIT: whoops forgot! thanks Steve!
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Old 11-01-2007, 09:07 PM
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Hey is it better to track it down using binos or a scope??? my scope is a mak and i also have a 40x70 binos. Which is wiser to depend on?
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Bino's mak! ...hang on ..40x70s!! there very high powered binocs mate?, got anything a bit more low powered? remember you'll need an awesomely good western view/possy in the first few days it rounds the sun. wide field/low power views such as you get with binocs are the best with EDIT: (bright) comets imo.

... if this comet keeps on improving like this, there isnt much need for charts I would think hehe

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Old 11-01-2007, 09:53 PM
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If your scope has go to or other type of electronic means like an Argo Navis, then a scope is the go. I put on a solar filter then align the Sun, then move to the comet, remove filter, use the Argo Navis to move to exact comet position, it puts it within the 16mm nagler field.
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Excellent chart, Kearn! Thanks for that. Thanks Qakka, too!
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Old 12-01-2007, 06:42 AM
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Sydney at Sunset

This shows the comets altitude at sunset for Sydney for 3 weeks from 14/1. On the 17th it is 10d above the horizon. The star background is correct for 14/1 but not correct after that as the stars set earlier each day.
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Thanks Glen.
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Kearn......Thanks for the link at the top of this page

The paragraph titled Visibility From Australia is a great guide with simple explanation for locating the comet

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It's clear skies here in Sydney, and fingers are crossed to see the comet after sunset, with reports now showing it to be brighter than magnitude -5.

A viewing guide to comet McNaught, with finder chart, is now here.
http://www.astmag.com.au/Comet_McNaught.htm
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Old 14-01-2007, 09:29 AM
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Thanks for the info Greg, awesome !
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Thanks Greg for the info, I'll be out at sunset hunting for it, Shouldn't be too hard by the looks of it.

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Waikanae New Zealand - What chart to use?

Hello, I just arrived in NZ last week and was hoping to see this comet, can anyone point me in the right direction regarding what charts and where and when I should look in the sky? The weather has been terrible lately, I have barely seen the blue sky yet but this week looks promising. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

My lat+long is:

-40.883333,+175.066667

Thanks in advance for the help!

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Where exactly for midday viewing Tue 16th Jan?

Hi all,

With the current smoke in Melbourne, I want to try viewing when the comet is close to zenith. I couldn't pick it up yesterday naked-eye (forgot the binoculars - Duh!)

I'm anticipating it to be about a fist and a half towards the ESE of the midday sun - am I fairly close? I've got a shady location so I can scan with 12x60s until I locate it.

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Eric,

The comet will be above the Sun in the sky around midday by around 9 or 10 dgrees. Can't check its exact location on SNP just now but should be roughly the same as yesterday.

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Old 16-01-2007, 10:38 AM
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Eric,

The comet will be above the Sun in the sky around midday by around 9 or 10 dgrees. Can't check its exact location on SNP just now but should be roughly the same as yesterday.

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Sorry DN, I'm fairly ignorant - "above" means which compass direction. Thanks Eric
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Literally above - ie higher in the sky towards the zenith, with the same azimuth. Very hard on the neck and shoulders

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