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From: jeffp@netcom.com (Jeff Papineau)
Subject: Fagin Mirrors/ Novak Mounts
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 05:18:30 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa

I am considering buying a telescope that has a Fagin mirror and a
portable EQ mount made by "Novak's Brother". It is an 8" reflector
on an unmotorized, portable mount with a small counterwieght. 

I would like to ask if there is someone familiar with Fagin Mirrors.
My interest is who is Fagin, does he still make mirrors, how can he be
reached, and what is the reputation of these mirrors.

Also, if someone is familiar with this particular type of mount, it is 
1.5" shaft in a 2" housing, and is on a short 3 leg pedistal/tripod.

Sorry if this sort of thing has been covered before here, but I'm pretty
new to Am.Astro. and have not read a great deal out of the magazines, etc.

References to articles would be great.
Thanks,

Jeff-
From: jscotti@lpl.arizona.edu (Jim Scotti x2717)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: P/Swift-Tuttle
Keywords: P/Swift-Tuttle, Perseids
Date: 28 Sep 92 04:53:00 GMT
Organization: Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, Tucson AZ.

The parent comet of the Persied meteor shower, P/Swift-Tuttle has been
recovered at last.  I.A.U. Circular number 5620 announces that Tsuruhiko 
Kiuchi using 25x150 binoculars discovered a comet that was quickly 
suspected to be P/Swift-Tuttle due to its position and confirmed to
be that comet once astrometry verified position along the predicted
orbit of P/Swift-Tuttle.  The recovery at this time with a perihelion
happening on December 12.4 confirms Brian Marsden's suspicion that
comet 1737 II was a previous apparition of P/Swift-Tuttle.  Marsden's
prediction (AJ, vol 78, p. 662, 1973) was for perihelion on Nov. 25.85,
so the comet is just 16.5 days from that prediction.  The orbital
period is 135.29 years and its perihelion distance is 0.959 AU.

Visual magnitude estimates place the comet at total magnitude 9-10
which would suggest that the comet will brighten to around magnitude
6-7 later this year.

The ephemeris for the near term is published on IAU Circular 5621
and a part of it is as follows:

1992 TT     R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r    Elong. Phase      m1
 
Sept.25    11 37.16    +58 52.3    1.837    1.595   60.1   33.0      9.3
     27    11 49.18    +59 03.5    1.791    1.571   61.0   33.9      9.2
     29    12 01.95    +59 12.2    1.744    1.548   61.8   34.8      9.1
Oct.  1    12 15.47    +59 17.8    1.699    1.524   62.6   35.7      9.0
      3    12 29.78    +59 19.6    1.654    1.501   63.4   36.6      8.9
      5    12 44.86    +59 16.7    1.610    1.478   64.1   37.5      8.7
      7    13 00.69    +59 08.2    1.567    1.455   64.7   38.4      8.6

Jim Scotti
---------------------------------------------
Jim Scotti 
{jscotti@lpl.arizona.edu}
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
---------------------------------------------
From: j.jahn@abbs.hanse.de (Jost Jahn)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Sunspots at 28.09.1992.
Date: 28 Sep 92 21:07:00 GMT
Reply-To: j.jahn@abbs.hanse.de
Distribution: sci
Organization: ABBS AstroMail, D-W 2121 Dahlenburg / Germany
X-Version: ZerUU V6.45c

Sunspots at 28.09.1992., 0 h UT.

No.    Pos.  Cl.  Ar.  Mag. SF  F  M  X
---------------------------------------
7283 16S 89W Axx    0   a
7288 16S 74W Axx    0   a
7289 09S 25W Cso  180   b    1
7291 05S 55W Bxo   10   b    4
7292 20N 09E Axx    0   a
7293 06S 12E Eao  120   b    2
7294 11S 31E Hhx  240   a
7295 14N 55E Cso  120   b    2
7296 06N 55E Cso   50   b    1
7297 16S 05W Axx    0   a


No optical or x-ray flares yesterday observed.


 
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From: wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: Satellite of the Month
Date: 1 Oct 92 17:20:44 GMT
Organization: Alpha Science Computer Network, Denver, Co.

In article <1992Sep30.180826.13591@sfu.ca| palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer) writes:
|In article <28014@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM> wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson)
|writes:
|
|>UARS is roughly a sphere 4.6m in diameter and 9.8m long.
|
|Part of it is revolving in a different dimension, I guess. :<)
|
A typo. 'sphere' should read 'cylinder'.

-- 
Bruce Watson (wats@scicom)  Tumbra, Zorkovick; Sparkula zoom krackadomando.  
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From: MEDELMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu (Michael Edelman)
Subject: Need 1-1/4" or 2" focusing mount
Organization: Wayne State University, C&IT
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 19:49:10 GMT

As the header says: I need a focusing mount, either size, used, at a reasonable
used price.
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From: f004@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Help.Analemma question???
Date: 29 Sep 92 12:47:48 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

I am looking for the answer to a basic question regarding the analemma.
If you look at a picture of the analemma you notice that the top part of
the figure eight is smaller than the bottom part. This top part represents
when the sun reaches its highest point in this part of the sky during the
summertime. However, summertime is the longest season lasting 94 days. Why
isn't this shown in the analemma as a larger part of the figure eight??
Please try to keep explanation basic (I am probably overlooking something,
anyhow) this is for high school astronomy students.
Thanks... Bill
From: tarl@sw.stratus.com (Tarl Neustaedter)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: ALTERNATIVE Heavy Element Creation in Universe
Date: 30 Sep 92 16:09:18 GMT
Followup-To: alt.sci.physics.new-theories
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

Note followup line. This discussion belongs in alt.sci.physics.new-theories
or a similar group.

In article <1992Sep29.192437.1430@cnsvax.uwec.edu>, mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
>                             BIOLOGICAL TRANSMUTATIONS

We saw this same posting recently in sci.physics.fusion. It caused some
hilarity over there. We saw it last year in alt.sci.physics.new-theories,
and discussed Kervran's work in some detail. From that discussion, it
appears that Mr. Kervran didn't prove anything - his methodology was so
sloppy that any results were buried under the noise.

Mr. Kervran also had a private agenda - he wanted to prove wrong french
agricultural policy with regards to fertilizers.

-- 
         Tarl Neustaedter	tarl@sw.stratus.com
         Marlboro, Mass.	Stratus Computer
Disclaimer: My employer is not responsible for my opinions.
Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: hillig@U.Chem.LSA.UMich.EDU (Kurt Hillig)
Subject: Re: Voyager 2.0 for the Mac.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 22:26:39 EDT
Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Distribution: usa

In article <1992Sep30.175317.23092@netcom.com> jeffp@netcom.com (Jeff Papineau) writes:
>Voyager 2.0.....
>
>I was interested in finding this program, but have not seen ads for it,
>or have I seen it in MacWarehouse catalog, etc.
>
>could someone please post the publishers name, as well as any reviews
>that might have appeared here on the net?
>
>thanks,
>
>Jeff-
>

Voyager is published by Carina Software, 830 Williams St., San Leandro CA
94577 phone (510)352-7328.

I called them a couple days ago and they said Version 2.0 should
start shipping around the end of October.
From: youngs@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Scott D. Young)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: Help with CCD buying
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:44:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: ccu.1992Sep30.174454.28782
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada


   I highly recommend the ST-6 16-bit CCD from Santa Barbara Intrumnts 
   Group.  It is an excellent choice for precision work. We have our
   ST-6 up and running now, and have reached about 20th magnitude with
   a 40cm scope without trying too hard.  The high digitization rate
   should allow very precise photometry. Unfortunately, you need IRAF
   or a similar package to do any aalysis of the 16-bit images.
      We are doing a characteristic curve now, as well as tests of the
      dark current and flat field properties, so we should know a bit about the
      noise haracteristics soon.


   BTW, we are also looking at quasars and AGNs; perhaps a joint project
   is possible?  Mail me for more info.


   Scott Young
   youngs@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: msimpson@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: p/Swift-Tuttle Observation
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:40:37 GMT

     I got up this morning to observe p/Swift-Tuttle.  The first thing
I saw was a lovely aurora hanging like a curtain from the handle of
the Big Dipper to Cygnus, which was setting in the west.  The aurora
was dancing up and down and sending up many bright rays.  But
I had comets to locate!
     p/Swift-Tuttle was an easy find through my 8" SCT.  It was 
located just a couple degrees north of delta Ursa Majoris.  It
glowed softly at 9th magnitude, using an out-of-focus star for 
comparison.  It's quite diffuse, round, with little central 
condensation (I gave it a 2 out of 9 on a scale described by Levy in 
The Observer's Handbook.)  I'd encorage others to have a look at this 
historic comet.

Malcolm Simpson
St. John's, Newfoundland

Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer)
Subject: Re: Voyager 2.0 for the Mac.
Organization: Simon Fraser University
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 00:06:18 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.175317.23092@netcom.com> jeffp@netcom.com (Jeff Papineau)
writes:
>Voyager 2.0.....
>
>I was interested in finding this program, but have not seen ads for it,
>or have I seen it in MacWarehouse catalog, etc.
>
>could someone please post the publishers name, as well as any reviews
>that might have appeared here on the net?

Voyager is published by Carina Software. Inquiries may be directed to

                   73647.3037@CompuServe.COM

I have not seen the application. I have seen Distant Suns for the Mac,
but I have not yet learned to use it well.

Leigh
Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: cam@syzygy.DIALix.oz.au (Cameron Newham)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Day Names - when did they "start"?
Distribution: world
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 92 03:02:01 GMT
Organization: Baldrick Fan Club
Reply-To: cam@syzygy.DIALix.oz.au


This question has been bugging me for quite some time:

When did the names of the days start and which day did it start from?

What I mean is, today is Tuesday the 6th of October 1992, so if we go back
far enough someone must have said "I name today Sunday" (for instance).
When was this ?

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From: hporopudas@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi
Subject: Re: Make time stop?
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 10:27:27 GMT


 In article <1992Sep29.171040.26549@hellgate.utah.edu>,
 tolman%mindblow.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Kenneth Tolman) writes:
>   A frame of reference moving very very fast has a time dilation, correct?
> (That is, if we are still and looking at someone moving they are "slow")
> When we look out into the universe- all galaxies are moving away from us,
> and the very far away galaxies are moving near the speed of light.
>
    ...deleted stuff...
>

   One interesting question arised from the Subject of Kenneth's article:

     What would we see 'for a while', when we look out into the universe,
   about red-shifts of near stars and red-shifts of distant galaxies, if our
   universe would suddenly stop it expansion.?
     This is called a point when there exist 'no time' or a point when
   'time has stopped'.

     This is quite strange and catastropic point, because all mass and
   hence hundreds of thousands of radiation peripheries, which form the
   'time-dimension' would start to disappear at this 'moment'. And
   'for a while' 'all times' would then exist 'together'.

           Hannu.
From: stevem@neftis.CSS.GOV (Steve Masters)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: FITS to GIF Image Conversion?
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:24:57 GMT
Organization: ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL

In article <1992Sep29.043951.13504@news.iastate.edu> F1.DAO@isumvs.iastate.edu (David Oesper) writes:
>Is there a FITS to GIF conversion program available for the IBM or
>Macintosh?

The PBMPLUS suite of programs can get you from FITS to GIF.  I believe
there is a port for the IBM-PC...perhaps others on the net can verify
this.

Steve Masters  stevem@osiris.CSS.GOV
ENSCO, Inc.
Melbourne, FL  32940
From: gliba@scivax.stsci.edu
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: Meteor Showers ...
Date: 6 Oct 92 22:13:12 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute

>From: omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu (Oscar Fowler)
>Subject: Meteor Showers ...
>Date: 6 Oct 92 20:12:47 GMT

>Hi all, I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this, but
>where can I get information on upcoming meteor showers?  I'm an
>absolute neophyte, but very interested in learning by observing...

>Thanks! 

>#############################################################################

>               "If you can't lick'em, put 'em on with a big piece of tape."

>Oscar Fowler
>omf@hacks.arizona.edu


  Any good introductory book on astronomy should have a list of the
major annual meteor showers. However, if you want a more complete
list of the major and minor showers, the book Meteor Showers by Gary
W. Kronk is excellent. 


G.W. Gliba - 'I would rather see starlight than streetlights'
From: ft@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Frances Teagle)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: Origin of 7-day week
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:36:25 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

Here are the Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) origins of the
days of the week as used by the English-speeaking world.

>>Sunday
OE: sunnan daeg = sun day

>>Monday
OE: monandaeg = moonday

>>Tuesday
OE: Tiwes daeg

>>Wednesday    Wotan's Day (better known in English as Odin)
OE: Wodnes daeg
He was known to the Anglo-Saxons as Woden and he appears in a
number of English place-names such as Wednesbury and Wedneshough.

>>Thursday     Thor's Day
Thunres daeg
Thor was called Thunor (which is much closer to thunder, cf. Donner
in German mythology).

>>Friday		Frea's Day
Frigedaeg
She was known as Frig (not a very gracious sound).

>>Saturday      Saturn's Day
OE: Saeternesdaeg or Saeterdaeg
Saturn has never been ousted by the Norse pantheon.
>
>It is also interesting that Saturn didn't get translated, at least in
>English.  I'm not at all sure, but I suspect that German "Samstag" is
>just a reduction of Saturnsdag.
>-- 
>Michael L. Siemon		   "Oh, stand, stand at the window,

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Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: knapp@spot.Colorado.EDU (David Knapp)
Subject: Re: Ninth planet!?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 23:02:43 GMT

In article <Bv3BK8.Dvo@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman) writes:
>In article <92261.152024LABBEY@GTRI01.GATECH.EDU> LABBEY@GTRI01.GATECH.EDU  
>writes:
>> Matthew, there already is a ninth planet.  We call it Pluto.
>
>Pluto is currently the eighth planet from the sun. Neptune is the ninth.
>
>--
>Dave Seaman
>ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu


Neither the semimajor axes nor the mean orbital radii change much over the
history of mankind, hence the classification.

 
-- 
David Knapp                                      University of Colorado, Boulder
Perpetual Student                                   knapp@spot.colorado.edu
From: rabjab@golem.ucsd.edu (Jeff Bytof)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: ALTERNATIVE Comet Rendezvous Mission
Date: 6 Oct 92 22:40:34 GMT
Organization: ucsd
NNTP-Posting-Host: lutherlab.ucsd.edu


mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu:

>               Dr. Beter predicted the bombing of the Marines in Beirut 
>          A FULL YEAR BEFORE IT HAPPENED.  
>               Dr. Beter predicted the assassination of Anwar Saddat 
>          SIX DAYS BEFORE IT HAPPENED. 
>               Dr. Beter predicted what he called the "RETIREMENT" of 
>          Leonid Brezhnev ONE WEEK BEFORE Brezhnev "died".   
>          

Now a spirit being in the tenth dimension, Dr. Beter has informed
me that the writer of the above will soon be awarded a tenured position at
at the University of Wisconsin's Institute for the Advanced
Study of Marijuana and Related Substances.

Jeff Bytof
rabjab@golem.ucsd.edu
From: fxt@helios.ucsc.edu (oxide owner)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: aarseth n-body codes
Date: 6 Oct 1992 20:16:50 GMT
Organization: UCO/Lick Observatory
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: helios.ucsc.edu


> From: frazerp@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Frazer R Pearce)
> Does anybody have a copy of Aarseth's N-body code (similar to the one in
> the back of Binney and Tremaine 'Galactic Dynamics') that they are
> prepared to e-mail me ?
> frazerp@uk.ac.sussex.central

may as well get it from the source; aarseth has been quite generous in handing
out copies of his codes. i dont have his email address handy, but he is 
based in your neck of the woods. seek and you shall find.

oh, he has several versions, fom the basic "mickey mouse" (his words) to the
more sophisticated (regularization, ahmad-cohen...etc). you may wish to
start with vanilla version.

fxt
From: bunner@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Dana A. Bunner)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Focuser for Odyssey Scopes
Date: 6 Oct 92 04:56:34 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center

I had an opportunity to use an Odyssey 1, 13.1", telescope tonight and had
much difficulty in achieving a crisp focus using the standard slide focus
tube, particularly when used in combination with a Barlow (tried two good
quality models from Televue & Meade).  Is this an acquired skill attained
from hours of practice?

Are there other easy alternatives, like a slide in tube with a rack & pinion
focus?  Or must one remove the "permanently" attached PVC pipe and install
a standard focuser?

Dana Bunner
From: belgarath@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Need a list of suitable CCD Flatfield sites...
Date: 29 Sep 92 08:57:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: vax1.1992Sep29.145702.1
Organization: Mankato State University


        Does anyone know where we can find a list of suitable flatfields for
CCD imaging?  Either the list itself, or the location of the list would be
greatly appreciated. Please send responses to the e-mail address below.
                                                       Thanks!
                                                       Jeremy Hallum

                                                       Mankato State U
                                                      
        belgarath@vax1.mankato.msus.ed
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From: F1.DAO@isumvs.iastate.edu (David Oesper)
Subject: Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 04:45:07 GMT

The Astronomy Book Club now offers the Explanatory Supplement to the
Astronomical Almanac.  Is this THE long-awaited update to the
legendary Explanatory Supplement to the American Ephemeris and
Nautical Almanac, out of print now for many years?
Newsgroups: sci.astro
From: fischer@physun.physics.mcmaster.ca (Phil Fischer)
Subject: Re: Seeking Cause of Neptunian Irregularities.
Keywords: Neptune irregularities
Organization: Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 02:17:24 GMT

In article <roelle.717696804@uars_mag> roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:

>	"Planet X was first dreamed up to explain apparent irregularities
>	in Neptune's orbit.  Recent studies have shown those irregularities
>	to be an illusion..."
>
>I was aware that ephemerides of Neptune's motion relied on observations to
>make adjustments for these irregularities, but was unaware that the cause 
>of them was understood, nor that it was due to an illusion.  
>
>Would someone explain what has caused these irregularities in Neptune's
>observed motion?
>
>Curt Roelle
>

A study of the ephemerides was carried out by Quinlan and Tremaine (I think)
of the Canadian Inst. of Theoretical Astrophysics. There finding was that
the irregularities are no bigger than one would expect from the uncertainties
in the ephemerides and therefore it was not neccessary to invoke a planaet X.

Phil

P.S. I hope that's right

-- 
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fischer@crocus.physics.mcmaster.ca   | Canada
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy       | L8S 4M1
McMaster University                  | 416-525-9140 X 4574
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From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave
Subject: Daily Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for 02 October
Date: 5 Oct 92 23:20:31 GMT
Organization: University of Lethbridge

!!BEGIN!! (1.0) S.T.D. Solar Geophysical Data Broadcast for DAY 278, 10/04/92
10.7 FLUX=126    90-AVG=123        SSN=186      BKI=3321 1011  BAI=006
BGND-XRAY=B2.7     FLU1=1.5E+06  FLU10=1.4E+04  PKI=2321 1111  PAI=006
  BOU-DEV=021,021,012,007,006,002,006,006   DEV-AVG=010 NT     SWF=01:024
 XRAY-MAX= M2.4   @ 2227UT    XRAY-MIN= B2.4   @ 1106UT   XRAY-AVG= B8.7
NEUTN-MAX= +004%  @ 1215UT   NEUTN-MIN= +000%  @ 2355UT  NEUTN-AVG= +1.4%
  PCA-MAX= -2.8DB @ 1610UT     PCA-MIN= -3.5DB @ 1445UT    PCA-AVG= -3.0DB
BOUTF-MAX=55431NT @ 1343UT   BOUTF-MIN=55400NT @ 1850UT  BOUTF-AVG=55421NT
GOES7-MAX=P:+092NT@ 2040UT   GOES7-MIN=N:-003NT@ 0302UT  G7-AVG=+073,+042,+009
GOES6-MAX=P:+100NT@ 2052UT   GOES6-MIN=E:-019NT@ 0335UT  G6-AVG=+083,-012,+034
 FLUXFCST=STD:130,135,130;SESC:130,135,130 BAI/PAI-FCST=010,010,010/010,010,010
    KFCST=2332 2223 2332 2223  27DAY-AP=018,018   27DAY-KP=2435 4333 2435 4335
 WARNINGS=*SWF
   ALERTS=**MINFLR:M2.4/SN@2227UTC,S05W90(7293)
!!END-DATA!!
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From: gliba@scivax.stsci.edu
Subject: Re: P/Swift-Tuttle
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 15:14:24 GMT


Comet P/Swift-Tuttle Observation


  I saw comet P/Swift-Tuttle saturday morning from near Lost City,
West Virginia. It had an elogated coma and a partly condensed central
condinsation, but no tail was noticed. It was about 9th magnitude.
  It was strange seeing the parent of the famous Perseid Meteor Shower
that I have observed for so many years. This comet is even rarer than
the famous comet P/Halley as it has a 135 year period, apposed to 76
years for P/Halley. So, don't miss this more than once in a lifetime
comet, parent of the Perseids.


G.W. Gliba - 'I would rather see starlight than streetlights'

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