Woohoo!! With the NEAT and LINEAR programs often getting the Northern Hemisphere's comet-headlines these days, it's wonderful to learn that Don Machholz has discover another comet, his tenth!
...Bob...
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>From Brian Skiff via the AMASTRO group:
From: Brian Skiff <brian.skiff@l...>
Date: Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:59 am
Subject: Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)
In case it is not general knowledge yet, Don Machholz has discovered
his tenth comet, his first in many years. It is an 11th mag object
in Eridanus, i.e. a pre-dawn object at the moment. Orbital elements
and an ephemeris are here:
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K04/K04Q58.html
Perihelion is not until next January, so it will be brightening up
in the coming months.
\Brian
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>From http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/RecentObs.html#headlines:
IAU Circular 8394 (August 27, 2004) reports the visual discovery of a comet by our friend Don Machholz (Colfax, CA) - his 10th discovery - using a 25cm reflector. The comet was reported to be m1=11.2, coma diameter = 2' with a moderate degree of condensation. It is moving eastward (and slightly to the south) less than a degree per day. A position at Aug. 28.82 UT (based on a precise position by Rob McNaught and Gordon Garradd, Siding Springs, Australia reported on the same circular) for the comet is RA 4h 16m 41s, DEC -22 deg 23' 37s. No orbit is currently available.
Received on Sat Aug 28 20:40:31 2004