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Sketching: Comet 168P/Hergenrother 10" inch f/5.7 13mm eyepiece at 111x Transparency 3/5 Seeing 3/5 Date and Time: 10/09/2012; 01:15 - 01:40 UT 4" x 10" white Strathmore Windpower smooth Bristol paper, # 2HB, graphite pencils, plastic eraser. After scanning the drawing was cropped and inverted Using Microsoft Office Picture Manager. Frank Post Extras:       Jef De Wit Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/06/09 Loc: Hove, Belgium Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: frank5817]       #5461869 - 10/09/12 10:30 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Frank, fine you catched the comet too! Post Extras:       rodelaet Post Laureate Reged: 04/28/06 Loc: 50°56' N - 4°58' E (Belgium) Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: frank5817]       #5462471 - 10/09/12 04:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   What a nice capture, Frank! This is just great. I always thought that your skies were not dark enough for this kind of observations? Post Extras:       JeanB scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 07/11/11 Loc: Montreal, Canada Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: rodelaet]       #5462688 - 10/09/12 07:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This «little» comet is a beauty, Frank. Jean Post Extras:       Erix Toad Lily Reged: 12/25/04 Loc: Texas, USA Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: JeanB]       #5462764 - 10/09/12 07:52 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congrats on having a chance to catch it, Frank. Very good rendering as well! Post Extras:       frank5817 Postmaster Reged: 06/13/06 Loc: Illinois Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: Erix]       #5463598 - 10/10/12 10:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Jef, Rony, Jean and Erika, Thank you for your kind words. My sky is not good but if the transparency is OK and the object is high I'm in business. Frank Post Extras:       niteskystargazer Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/05/09 Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: frank5817]       #5464004 - 10/10/12 03:06 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Frank, Nice capture of Comet Hergenrother . CS,KLU, , Tom Post Extras:       Tommy5 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/28/04 Loc: Chicagoland Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: niteskystargazer]       #5464310 - 10/10/12 07:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Cool catch of this rather dim comet congrads. Post Extras:       Special Ed Postmaster Reged: 05/18/03 Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: Tommy5]       #5465253 - 10/11/12 11:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice job, Frank. This looks like it has the makings of a good-looking classical shaped comet. You and the other comet sketchers in this forum went from 0 to 60 on Comet Hergenrother. I still haven't gotten a look at this puppy (although I tried with my 12x36's). Soon, I hope. Post Extras:       SteelStar member Reged: 11/08/09 Loc: Oklahoma Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: Special Ed]       #5466988 - 10/12/12 04:01 PM Attachment (31 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Got a quick look at comet 168P/Hergenrother last night (10/11/12)before clouds moved back in. Was cloudy most of day but just opened up before sunset, clouded back up about 9:15 p.m. Started locating target about 8:20p.m. with my trusty ST120 refractor. Comet was just seen at 40x and a little better at 100x. Could not really tell direction of tail or anything except dim glow. Hurriedly I wheeled out my 12" dob and aquired target about 8:45p.m. Using a 10mm Radian (150x) I got a nice view of the comet with a little more detail. I managed to see a bright small fuzzy nucleus surrounded by a dim coma with a faint fan shaped tail in an upward direction. Observed for about 20 minutes before clouds started to appear off in the west. I noticed some movement in this short time. Movement was toward 5'o clock position (roughly north). Sketch is reflector view at 150x Post Extras:       frank5817 Postmaster Reged: 06/13/06 Loc: Illinois Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: SteelStar]       #5467415 - 10/12/12 09:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Tommy and Michael, Thank you both and SteelStar excellent sketch. Frank Post Extras:       niteskystargazer Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/05/09 Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: SteelStar]       #5468113 - 10/13/12 11:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   SteelStar, Nice capture of Comet Hergenrother CS,KLU, Tom Post Extras:       mikesemmler sage Reged: 06/01/09 Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: niteskystargazer]       #5468440 - 10/13/12 02:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Frank and Steelstar - great jobs. Is it possible to observe Hergenrother with my Meade 300 Refraktor?(80/1200) Michael Post Extras:       Andrev Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/08/11 Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: mikesemmler]       #5468691 - 10/13/12 05:47 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Frank. Nice sketch. Looks like several peoples will sketch it as its a very interesting object with a changing tail. Andre Post Extras:       Rutilus Pooh-Bah Reged: 12/17/10 Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: Andrev]       #5470116 - 10/14/12 04:27 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Two great comet sketches. Post Extras:       frank5817 Postmaster Reged: 06/13/06 Loc: Illinois Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: Rutilus]       #5471329 - 10/15/12 11:20 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michael, Andre and Rutilus, Thank you all. -- Michael - It has faded a couple of magnitudes and currently I am in Arizona under better skies than back in Illinois, I was unable to see it in a 6 inch scope at 50X after determining I had it in the field of view. It was much easier 8 days ago after a sudden brightening. Frank Post Extras:       mikesemmler sage Reged: 06/01/09 Re: Comet 168P/Hergenrother [Re: frank5817]       #5471454 - 10/15/12 12:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   thank you, Frank Michael Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 6 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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