[vsnet-chat 175] U Gem and P/Wild 2

[Gianluca Masi <gianmasi@fr.flashnet.it>]

Gary Poyner wrote:
>
> Some of you may be interested to know that P/Wild 2 passes through the
> field of U Gem (and very close to U Gem itself) on the evening of
> March 16 around 21h UT.
>
> The comet should be about magnitude 11.5, but the Moon is at first
> quarter close to gamma Gem.
>
> Regards,
> Gary Poyner

I have taken a CCD image of the P/Wild 2: I confirm that this comet have 
low
brightness, so the moon will disturb the observations.
Good luck,
Gianluca

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