2004 May 16.39 UT: m1=3.5, Dia= 8', DC= 6/7...10x50B...Mariano Ribas (Planetario de Buenos Aires, Argentina)[Coma is a little brighter and bigger than early May. Comet only 12 degrees over East horizon in deep twilight at dawn, and marginally visible to nake eye in Buenos Aires, where mag. limit is 4.5. There´s a hint of tail only with binoculars]
2004 May 17.36 UT: m1=3.3, Dia=10', DC=5, tail: 0.5 deg in PA 220...7x50B...Alexandre Amorim(Florianopolis,Brazil)[alt. 5 deg.]
*2004 May 17.87 UT: m1=3.5,Dia=5', DC=5, tail 0.2 deg in p.a. 185deg...11x80B...Willian Souza (Sao Paulo,Brazil)[comet altitude ~ 6deg.]
*2004 May 18.89 UT: m1=3.4, Dia=10', DC=5,...7x50B...Alexandre Amorim(Florianopolis,Brazil)[alt. 10 deg.]
*2004 May 19.34 UT: m1=3.5; Dia=10', DC = 5 ...7x50 B ... Luis Alberto Mansilla (Rosario, Argentina) [Morris method used; naked eye; ref. stars: Delta and Zeta Leporis]
*2004 May 19.35 UT: m1=3.5; Dia=10', DC = 5 ...20x80 B ... Julio Nardón (Alvarez, Argentina) [Morris method used; naked eye; visual limiting magnitude = 4.2 ]
*2004 May 20.34 UT: m1=2.8, Diam=30’, DC=8, Tail ~3deg in PA 160deg...7x50B...Peter Conde (Stokers Siding, NSW): [Comet clearly visible to naked eye some 3deg west of Beta Lep. Observation made 15 min before end of astronomical twilight. Very similar to Q4!]
*2004 May 20.68 UT: m1=2.8, Dia. =9', DC=6, Tail:1.6 degrees in P.A. 110 degrees...10x50 B..David Pringle-Wood (Harare, Zimbabwe) [A very decent naked eye object viewed in the evening sky for the first time.]
*2004 May 20.69 UT: m1=2.8, Dia. =25', DC =7, Tail: 1.6 degrees in P.A. 150 degrees...7x50 B...Mike Begbie (Harare, Zimbabwe) [Perfectly spherical blue-green coma. Faint but clearly discernible tail. 20.68 UT: m1=2.8, Dia. =25' DC=7...NE Slightly hazy conditions.]
这是C/2002 T7最近几天的观测报告。 |