C/1999 R1 = C/2003 R5 = 19?P
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Dear list,
with pleasure I congratulate Sebastian for his successful prediction of the
identity of SOHO comets C/1999 R1 and C/2003 R5. His identification and
linkage was published in Astronomy & Astrophysics and a summary can be
accessed at
http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/sta ... Dateien/Page434.htm . The
paper is also available as an arXiv preprint.
His original prediction for the perihelion passage in 2007 was Sep. 11.263
and the comet discovered yesterday by Bo Zhou seems to fit closely into this
prediction! What a fantastic achievement!
I know that Sebastian has searched ground-based from his remote observatory
on Tahiti prior to perihelion but found nothing. He also published a revised
brightness prediction. The current perihelion passage may therefore be used
to set some lower/upper bounds for its brightness behaviour. I guess
Sebastian will give some details of the pre-perihelion searches he
conducted.
Anyway, ONE SOHO-COMET LESS! The count has to be reduced by one.
Again, a great acchievement and if I'd be responsible for the naming of
comets I'd call it SOHO-H鰊ig from now on!
Cheers, Maik
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Re: C/1999 R1 = C/2003 R5 = 19?P
Congrats to Sebastian,
I hope it does get renamed, Comet H鰊ig. There are precedents (eg
1P/Halley).
Terry
> Again, a great acchievement and if I'd be responsible for the
naming of
> comets I'd call it SOHO-H鰊ig from now on!
>
> Cheers, Maik
> --
> If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. * Juan Ramon
Jimenez
>
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Re: [comets-ml] C/1999 R1 = C/2003 R5 = 19?P
Terry and Maik,
many thanks for the congratulations. It was very nice to see the emails on the
recovery this morning. Actually, I wouldn't have thought it is that close to the
weighted C2+C3 orbit from which the prediction was made.
As Maik pointed out, we (i.e. Jean-Claude Pelle, Noeline Teamo and myself) tried
to pick up the comet pre-perihelion from Tahiti with our 14" (Hibiscus
Observatory) and 16" (Tiki Observatory) telescopes at solar elongations between
30 to 16. For that, I've had a look into the available SOHO photometry and made
an updated light curve with H=22.1 and n=5.1. At the time of our observations,
the comet should have been around 18-20mag. Unfortunately, we couldn't do any
better than 17.5 due to the bright sky background. Anyway, with the recovery, I
have some hopes that we may find it in the data.
Cheers,
Sebastian
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Re: [comets-ml] C/1999 R1 = C/2003 R5 = 19?P
Dear Sebastian, and everyone,
A very pleasant thing to read upon checking e-mail first thing in the
morning!
Very hearty congratulations to Sebastian for his successful prediction, and
also to Bo Zhou for his recovery!
I'll admit that I was in the "skeptical but hopeful" mode, but as the old
saying goes, the proof is in the pudding, and the evidence has really come
through. The fact that Sebastian's prediction seems to be no more than an
hour off or so is especially remarkable.
I completely concur with the earlier suggestions that the comet be named
P/SOHO-Honig (or something along those lines), and there is indeed precedent
for such an action.
Again, congratulations!
Sincerely,
Alan
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Re: [comets-ml] C/1999 R1 = C/2003 R5 = 19?P
Congrats to Sebastian!
great job!
Rolando.
> Dear list,
>
> with pleasure I congratulate Sebastian for his successful prediction of the
> identity of SOHO comets C/1999 R1 and C/2003 R5. His identification and
> linkage was published in Astronomy & Astrophysics and a summary can be
> accessed at
> http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/sta ... Dateien/Page434.htm . The
> paper is also available as an arXiv preprint.
>
> His original prediction for the perihelion passage in 2007 was Sep. 11.263
> and the comet discovered yesterday by Bo Zhou seems to fit closely into this
> prediction! What a fantastic achievement!
>
> I know that Sebastian has searched ground-based from his remote observatory
> on Tahiti prior to perihelion but found nothing. He also published a revised
> brightness prediction. The current perihelion passage may therefore be used
> to set some lower/upper bounds for its brightness behaviour. I guess
> Sebastian will give some details of the pre-perihelion searches he
> conducted.
>
> Anyway, ONE SOHO-COMET LESS! The count has to be reduced by one.
>
> Again, a great acchievement and if I'd be responsible for the naming of
> comets I'd call it SOHO-H鰊ig from now on!
>
> Cheers, Maik
> --
> If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. * Juan Ramon Jimenez
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Hi Karl,
are there any chances to measure it quickly?
Cheers, Maik
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R: [sohohunter] Re: C/1999 R1 = C/2003 R5
Hi Sebastian and all.
Congratulation for this prediction. I was been skeptical about the return
of this comet, but I am happy to be belied:-))
This open a new phase regarding Kracth Group. There are other comets that
can to return in the next future.
I think that do you must to apply your work at other comets potentially
survieved at the perielion.
Regards,
Toni Scarmato
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Da: sohohunter@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sohohunter@yahoogroups.com] Per conto
di "Sebastian F. H鰊ig"
Inviato: marted?11 settembre 2007 10.31
A: sohohunter@yahoogroups.com
Oggetto: Re: [sohohunter] Re: C/1999 R1 = C/2003 R5
Alan,
> What is an estimate of the brightness of the comet in C2. I was
> looking across HI1b, we still have the next sequences 0908 - 0910 to
> come. Could it be detectable there?
It seems to have 6-7mag in C2, as expected from the previous passages. You
might
find the comet at 10-12 mag in HIa.
Cheers,
Sebastian
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