[BAA Comets] Data for next week (2012 S1)

[Roger Dymock]

Hi Graham,

At http://britastro.org/computing/applets_ecliptic.html it would appear that I have the option of
one comet or all of them which makes the chart a little crowded. Would it be possible to include a
magnitude filter so that only those comets which are within the range of the observer's equipment
are shown? For example I might want to choose brighter than mag 10 if observing visually or perhaps
14 if using a CCD camera.

Regards

Roger Dymock
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From: comets-disc-bounces at britastro.org [mailto:comets-disc-bounces at britastro.org] On Behalf Of
Graham Relf
Sent: 25 November 2013 15:29
To: BAA Comets discussion list
Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] Data for next week (2012 S1)

On 25/11/2013 14:21, Shanklin, Jonathan D. wrote:
> Hi Graham,
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> I had a quick look, and seems fine.  I'm preparing a talk for tomorrow about comets, and looked at
the latest chart for 2013 R1.  Unfortunately the stars shown are 10 - 11 mag, when the comet is 5 -
6 mag.  The what's observable page also insisted on downloading the latest java, which was a bit
annoying as I've already  got java running.  It then locked up firefox which was even more annoying.
The page shows 273P/Pons-Gambart (not visible) but not 2013 R1 (brightest visible comet), and it
isn't on the list of objects to add either.
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> Regards, Jonathan Shanklin
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Jonathan,

Yes, I have rather left the old What's Observable page behind because it 
causes so many problems now that Java has been made so awkward. Despite 
the fact that we have not finished testing it and there are some known 
glitches, you'll be better off with the new version at 
http://britastro.org/computing/applets_ecliptic.html which does show all 
the latest comets.

I should really switch the links so the new page is the first one people 
get to. Sorry to have caused you bother.

Regards,
Graham
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