Re: Comet Hyakutake? YES!!!!

[msantos@etse.urv.es]

> inexpensive pair of 7X35 binoculars it almost appeared to have two pright 
> centers (but maybe that was my retina problem showing up).  So maybe the 
> dust tails (as reported on various places on the WWW) are appearing very 
> bright.  I did not expect to see the the bright center so well defined 
> from the surrounding dimmer coma.  My guess is that the coma close to the 
> nucleus is much much denser than that further out.
>
> Richard
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Hi all!
Well I saw it on friday and saturday night, with a 10x50 binoculars,
and a pair of 200mm and 300mm dobsons. I can't confirm neither your
second nucleus nor your guess on the grade of condensation of the
coma. In a scale from 0 to 9(=coma completly condensate around the
coma) I would give it a 5. (Of course this is very subjective).
I wouldn't give the tail more than 10-12 deg. My guess for it's
magnitude is slightly brighter than Arcturus, but I did this with
my binoculars and the comet is too bright for this being the right
method.
Nevetheless IT WAS EXITING!   
Miguel Angel Santos
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