[BAA Comets] Fwd: video footage of Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock, which passed over the UK in May 1983.

[brian o'neill]

Dennis,

Thank you for your prompt reply and it would be great if Nick could
resurrect this video footage, not just for my sake but for all those young
budding people that are interested in what happens in the night time sky.

You know that this was one of the very few instances that the ordinary man
could see for himself something remarkable back in 1983 and it would give
much hope and interest into people who already know bout the 2 main comets
coming our way later this year.

I look forward to hearing from Nick but more so the famous vid.

regards

Brian

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:19 PM, denis buczynski <
buczynski8166 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hello Brian,
> I am sure that Nick Kames who posted the vide footage will be able to it
> up again. He will be
> attending the BAA meeting in London today so he will probably not see this
> message until tomorrow.
> I well remember seeing and photographing this exceptional comet as it
> whizzed by us in the northern
> skies. It was easily visible to the naked eye, with a diameter about the
> same as the moon (not as
> bright though!). It was the only comet I can remember which visible
> movement could be seen with the
> naked eye. Comet Holmes a few years ago was as large but looked more well
> defined, almost disc like
> as it appeared in northern skies again. The varying views we get of comets
> as they pass through the
> inner solar system are one of the main attractions in observing these
> important bodies. We never
> know exactly what will be seen or are able to predict accurately how they
> will "perform". The added
> attraction of Comet Iras Araki Alcock was its discovery story and the fact
> that it was the last
> comet discovered by George Alcock. Of course all his discoveries were made
> visually and it is
> noteworthy that only one other person in the UK has been able to discover
> a comet from UK skies
> since then.With two potentially bright comets expected to appear in our
> northern skies later this
> year it is good to remember the other naked eye comets of the near past
> which excited us all. Comet
> Iras Araki Alcock was great example of how comets surprise us all the time.
> Denis Buczynski
> Secretary Comet Section
> British Astronomical Association
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brian o'neill
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:38 PM
> To: comets-disc at britastro.org
> Subject: [BAA Comets] Fwd: video footage of Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock, which
> passed over the UK in May
> 1983.
>
> I referred below link / thread
>
> http://lists.britastro.org/pipermail/comets-disc/2012-May/000011.html
>
> regards
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: brian o'neill <bimoneill at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:22 PM
> Subject: video footage of Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock, which passed over the UK
> in May 1983.
> To: comets-disc at britastro.org
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am really interested to know if anyone out there has video footage of
> Comet IRAS–Araki–Alcock, which passed over the UK in May 1983.
>
> I know for certain that perhaps 18months to 2 years there was a short video
> on YouTube showing the comet and the tracking salelite IRAS but now when I
> search for it, nothing close it shows.
>
> My big interest in this is because I lived in London, England at the time
> of this comet and was able to see it with the naked eye, almost identically
> as to the video footage on YouTube.
>
> To me it is an important piece of video footage that should be accessible
> by anyone.
>
> I have noted from this forum that there appears to a link to some video
> footage to a certain Nick C Adams but the link produces nothing???!!!
>
> Any feedback would be great.
>
> regards
>
> Brian (recent Subscriber)
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