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Old 21-03-2009, 11:17 PM
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Three Comets Observed

I was able to observe three comets tonight before the clouds came on
Comet C2009 E1 Itagaki ONLY 8 degs above the horizon and in twilight, I estimate it to be about mag 10-11 ,it was just a fuzzy ball with no other detail.
I then went to another Japanese comet, 144P Kushida which at about mag 12 was a bit more of a challenge but was easily seen as a round haze against the background stars.
Comet C2007 N3 LuLin is about mag 8.5 an I could not see any Hint of a tail even though it seemed a little extended.
I then did a galaxy tour of Dorado using the ARGO NAVIS tour mode before calling it a night because of intermittent cloud
A short but sweet observing session
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