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| Three Comets In Perseus Hi Folks, March brings us three comets visible in small amateur instruments in the same part of the sky. Giant comet 17P Holmes, comet 46P/Wirtanenn and, recently discovered 2008 C1(Chen-Gao) will lie within a 20 degree circle by mid-month. On March 15, 17P and 46P will pass within 7 degrees of one another. On March27/28, 2008 C1 (Chen-Gao) will pass within 1.2 degrees of 17P, with 46P still less than 8 degrees away. See http://www.cometchasing.skyhound.com/index.html for Finder charts, Enjoy! Let's hope someone with some real wide-field imaging capabilities can get a shot. I would have to make a mosaic with my setup. I dont know of anyone in my local club that can span 8 degrees with one image. Dennis
__________________ Dennis Miller Raymond NH 12 Celestron Starhopper 10 Celestron Starhopper 6 inch Celestron ASGT refractor 8 inch Celstron SCT Meade DSI      |
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