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Comet Hartley 2
Published on 29 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 29th November 2010
The Comet Hartley in two Clusters of M46 (far top) and M47 (above) in the constellation of Hydra (The Snake) with binoculars after midnight.
Now, it’s brightness should have started to fade and the speed of the comet will start to slow down passing between the Open Cluster M46 that it has a [...]
What is a Coronagraph?
Published on 20 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 20th November 2010
Coronagraph
A coronagraph is a telescope that can see things very close to the Sun, click here for more reference about it.
Above image from SOHO Coroagraph
A bright comet just discovered on Wednesday 17th November 2010 by Polish comet hunter Michal Kusiak is about to disappear forever that problem is, it is diving toward [...]
New Comet
Published on 10 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 10th November 2010
NEW COMET IKEYA-MURAKAM (C/2010 V1)
This comet by Leonid Elenin from New Mexico, called Ikeya-Murakami (C/2010 V1), was first detected last week by amateur astronomers in Japan, but several other skywatchers have since been watching the icy wanderer’s changing appearance over the last few days.
So newly-discovered comet C/2010 V1 (Ikeya-Murakami) is putting on [...]
NASA Mission Successfully Flies by Comet Hartley 2
Published on 5 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 5th November 2010
EPOXI Mission’s Close-Up Views of Comet Hartley 2
This close-up view of one and quarter mile length comet Hartley 2 was taken by NASA’s mission during its flyby of the comet on Thursday 4th November 2010. It was captured by the EPOXI spacecraft’s Medium-Resolution Instrument.
NASA’s EPOXI mission successfully flew by comet Hartley 2 [...]
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EPOXI Mission to Comet Hartley 2
Published on 4 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 4th November 2010
This artist’s concept shows us the first time Deep Impact encountered a comet – Tempel 1 in July 2005.
Deep Impact, now in an extended mission called EPOXI, have flown to Comet Hartley 2, today at 02:00 / 2pm.
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Trick or Treat
Published on 31 Oct 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 31st October 2010 – Happy Halloween!
Trick or Treat
Trick
Backyard stargazers with binoculars or telescopes — and dark, clear skies — should be able to see a tricky Comet Hartley 2 this week. The comet will have passed through the constellation of Gemini (The Twin), continuing its journey across the night sky in the direction of the [...]
Comet Hartley Update
Published on 16 Oct 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 16th October 2010
Comet Hartley is approaching Earth for an 11-million-mile close encounter on Oct. 20th. Although it is barely visible to the naked eye, the comet looks great through backyard telescopes. The best time to look is during the dark hours before sunrise when the comet is almost straight overhead in the constellation Perseus. [...]
Io’ shadow
Published on 11 Oct 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 11th October 2010
Last night I caught in the act last night at 20:27 / 8.27pm that volcanic moon – Io disappeared in the front of Jupiter and at 22:00 / 10pm its shadow (black dot) was seen here against Jupiter’s cloud (surface) by my telescope at my backyard garden in Milton Keynes.
Io’s shadow is [...]
Why is it called Comet Hartley 2 ?
Published on 9 Oct 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 9th October 2010
Comet Hartley 2 is a periodic comet, returning to its closest approach with the sun every six years. It was first detected by Malcolm Hartley in March of 1986 at the U.K. Schmidt Telescope in Siding Spring, Australia. This is Hartley’s second comet discovery, hence the name “Hartley 2”
In dark sky, you [...]
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Comet Hartley
Published on 6 Oct 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 6th October 2010
The comet’s halo is fairly diffuse, and most people who attempted to spot it from suburban skies either failed or had considerable difficulty. Last weekend spotted it under a fairly dark sky through 10×50 binoculars. It was a little hard to locate in the super-dense star field of Cassiopeia, but obvious enough [...]
