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Hi Gary,
Gary wrote:
"Having said that, there is no way you want to pass one of these objects
over without following them up. Just ask Lachlan MacDonald why Comet Lee
is not called Comet MacDonald."
Or indeed why it is not called Comet Dalrymple. Lee was discovered by Steve Lee _at_ the Mudgee Star Party. Steve found the comet while searching for NGC 5189 using "Tweety" (same 'scope Damien was using this year) so he could show the planetary to some people because it was in his talk the next day.
Not knowing the exact position and not having DSC he pointed the 'scope roughly to somewhere near NGC 5189 and waggled it around and stumbled upon the comet. About 20 mins later he came down to me because I had DSC on my 10" to get an accurate position for his report, and to get an image done.
I had been observing NGC 5189 about an hour and a half earlier and it was only 1 field away ...
"Stupidly", I was using DSC and not star-hoppping.
Sigh ...
Best,
Les D
Contributing Editor
AS&T
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