Bandits Southbound

[beren]

Anyone sighted these two comets .....C/2004 B1 & C/2005 E2 .....tough at the moment but could be good telescopic targets for the summer.......

http://www.yp-connect.net/~mmatti/we...20page%201.htm

[Striker (Tony)]

hahah very funny Stuart.....rub it in.

If their is a comet called the cloud comet...well I have seen it every night for the past 2 weeks......lol

[Greg Bryant]

Beren,

These two comets are indeed tough ones at present.

C/2004 B1 (LINEAR) has not brightened (thus far) at the rate anticipated, and may struggle to surpass 11th magnitude.

C/2005 E2 (McNaught) is doing a little better, but there's only a few weeks left to see it well here. It's a pity that this comet makes it closest approach to the Sun on the far side from us - if circumstances had been otherwise, it could have been an easy binocular object.

[33South (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Striker

hahah very funny Stuart.....rub it in.

If their is a comet called the cloud comet...well I have seen it every night for the past 2 weeks......lol

Me too, getting bored with it now but found that looking at it through assorted glass makes quite a difference to the detail seen...

[beren]

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Thanks Greg , two challenges for the weekend venture

Good site for comet info etc http://www.calsky.com/cs.cgi/Comets/3?