[vsnet-chat 4165] Re: [vsnet-obs 33041] does somebody see C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)?

[reinder j bouma <rjbouma@wxs.nl>]

L.Kiss@physx.u-szeged.hu wrote:
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> As can be known from the most recent IAUC, comet C/2001 A2 is
> in a large outburst with rapid brightening. Does somebody
> see the comet now (10 am UTC)? It is located a few degrees
> east from the Orion-nebula. The main question is whether it
> continues the brightening.
> 
> Regards,
>   Laszlo Kiss
> .\

> C/2001A2 20010326.82 108 BMU
> C/2001A2 20010328.44 107 MKA
> C/2001A2 20010328.98 109 IAU
> C/2001A2 20010329.27 109 MLi
> C/2001A2 20010329.46 108 MKA
> C/2001A2 20010329.94 95 AAX
> C/2001A2 20010330.45 86 IAU
> C/2001A2 20010330.40 82 Rae
> C/2001A2 20010330.52 80 MKA
> C/2001A2 20010330.81 70: IAU

According to a message that I just received from David Seagent (The
Entrance,
NSW) this comet had brightened to magnitude 6.9 on March 31.42, so
around the requested time.
For those among you that want to observe this comet, and make a
brightness estimate, we have a 6x7.5 degrees chart available with
selected comparison stars with B-V<1.0 in this rather 'red' field, on
our homepage at http://vsnet.shopplaza.nl/astro/
under the link 'comets-charts'.
Here you can also find charts for other comets brighter than magnitude
11.
Apologies to those not interested in this subject, but I did not start
this thread ;-)

Reinder Bouma
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