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- From: andromed@cs.dal.ca (Mike Boschat)
- Subject: Swift-Tuttle Observation..Nov.15/16, 1992
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- Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:57:19 GMT
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- Swift-Tuttle Observation..Nov.15/16 --2215-2230 UT
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- MAGNITUDE AND DIAMETER ESTIMATES USING 7x35 BINOCULARS
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- Using the 7x 35 binoculars at the University I determined Swift-Tuttle to
- be the following magnitude using the following stars out-of-focus;
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- BD +20d 03649 at 5.2 Mv
- BD +22d 03273 at 5.0 Mv
- BD +20d 03675 at 5.1 Mv
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- When the field was out-of-focus the comet was brighter than BD +20d 03649 at 5.2 Mv, but very close in brightness to both BD +22d 03273 at 5.0 Mv and
- BD +20d 03675 at 5.1 Mv. It was so close that I put the magnitude at 5.1 Mv
- based upon this observation.
- Also the comet still appears to be 8 arc minutes in diameter. The faintest star
- seen with the naked eye at time of observation was 5.0 Mv.
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- LAT= N 44d 39' LONG= W 63d 36' Height above sea level= 58 meters
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- address; Mike Boschat Mike Boschat
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- Clear skies
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- Mike Boschat
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