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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks John for the recollections and amazing to
think that 29P was lurking in the sidelines alongside Kohoutek at that
time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Your Guide screenshot agrees with mine but I
did not see 29P as the mag limit was set too bright at the time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Of course, as you know, the 2018 observing season
has now started for 29P.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It has remained quiescent since the first
observation by JF Soulier on 2018 April 03.39.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>29P will be the subject of another mailing to the
group. Currently it cannot be reached by UK observers but the comet has moved a
considerable degree northwards and is currently a morning object at a Dec. of
-02deg and a solar elongation of 48deg.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Richard</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=john_drummond@xtra.co.nz
href="mailto:john_drummond@xtra.co.nz">john_drummond@xtra.co.nz</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<A title=buczynski8166@btinternet.com
href="mailto:buczynski8166@btinternet.com">Denis Buczynski</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 21, 2018 10:08
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [BAA Comets] Image of Comet
C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek)</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008080 size=4 face=Century>Nice photo Richard
(Denis).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008080 size=4 face=Century>C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek) was the
first comet that I observed. I well remember a group of ~6 of us <FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Gisborne Astronomical Society (New Zealand) junior
members sitting on the society observatory parapet with 10 x 50 binoculars and
enjoying <FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.6pt">Kohoutek sporting a nice tail as it
sat below Corvus in the dawn sky in early December 1973. We had just spent all
night meteor observing – the Puppid-Velids and then the early Geminids from
memory. From (a 45-year old) memory <FONT style="COLOR: #008080" size=4
face=Century>C/1973 E1 </FONT>was about mag 6 and had a ~1 degree tail. The
sight of this lone comet sitting in the emptiness of space was what propelled
me into my interest in comets... </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#008080 size=4 face=Century><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.6pt">I’m attaching a GUIDE
9.1 screen shot of <FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 13.6pt">Kohoutek as when you
captured it (if it’s not stripped). The bright ‘star’ just above the horison
is Jupiter. Of note is that our favourite comet, 29P (Schwassmann-Wachmann),
is sitting 4.5 degrees east of <FONT style="COLOR: #008080" size=4
face=Century>C/1973 E1 (too faint to be seen of course).
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<DIV><FONT color=#008080 size=4 face=Century><FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.6pt">Cheers</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT
face=Century><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"
color=#008080>==============================<BR>John Drummond, Possum
Observatory, IAU Code E94, Gisborne, New Zealand (177d 53' E, 38d 38'
S)<BR>Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand president -
www.rasnz.org.nz<BR>Gisborne Astronomical Society president -
www.astrogas.co.nz<BR>GAS Facebook - www.facebook.com/gisbornecosmos<BR>Email:
john_drummond@xtra.co.nz</FONT></FONT>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=rmiles.btee@btinternet.com
href="mailto:rmiles.btee@btinternet.com">Richard Miles</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 21, 2018 10:05 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=buczynski8166@btinternet.com
href="mailto:buczynski8166@btinternet.com">Denis Buczynski</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=comets-disc@lists.britastro.org
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [BAA Comets] Image of Comet C/1973 E1
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style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Denis,<BR><BR>Have
been having a root around in the garage ...<BR><BR>For the archive, here is my
first photograph of a comet: Kohoutek.<BR>It was snapped on 1974 January 10
using an undriven mount. The original <BR>frame is cropped in this
image.<BR>The person shown in silhouette was Robert Richardson, recently
retired as a <BR>professor in the Physics Dept of the University of
Bristol.<BR><BR>I still have the negatives. In fact I have 4 frames with the
previous three <BR>being 10-sec exposures, so it may be worth scanning them
and co-adding to <BR>enhance the appearance of the comet's tail.<BR>Must also
find my simple drawings of comets made prior to this
one.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Richard</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>