[BAA Comets] ALPO OUTLOOK

[denis buczynski]

Hi James, 
Yes comet C/2016 PI McNaught, what a comet it was. We had a naked eye view here in UK prior to perihelion but we missed the main show, wonderful it was for sure. I found it ironic that we sent you the man to discover the comet but he never sent the comet north for us to see in all its glory. Speaking of Rob McNaught, I have been trying to contact him for a couple of years now, ever since he stayed with me in Scotland on his last visit, but to no avail.If anyone is in contact with him in Australia could you ask him to get in touch with me. 
Best wishesDenis


      From: James Gifford <jamesgifford at bigpond.com>
 To: BAA Comets discussion list <comets-disc at lists.britastro.org> 
 Sent: Wednesday, 3 January 2018, 1:42
 Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] ALPO OUTLOOK
   
#yiv7821316452 #yiv7821316452 -- _filtered #yiv7821316452 {panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv7821316452 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv7821316452 #yiv7821316452 p.yiv7821316452MsoNormal, #yiv7821316452 li.yiv7821316452MsoNormal, #yiv7821316452 div.yiv7821316452MsoNormal {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;}#yiv7821316452 a:link, #yiv7821316452 span.yiv7821316452MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv7821316452 a:visited, #yiv7821316452 span.yiv7821316452MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv7821316452 .yiv7821316452MsoChpDefault {} _filtered #yiv7821316452 {margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}#yiv7821316452 div.yiv7821316452WordSection1 {}#yiv7821316452 It's great to have all the current info, but the aspect of comet watching I find most attractive is the unpredictably of those already discovered and the completely unknown factor of what may be discovered during the year. 11 years ago we were looking with interest at 2016 P1 McNaught, only discovered some 3 months before, but still with no clear idea that the next two weeks would give those of us in the south unmatchable views of a comet of the century.Regards   Jim Gifford  Sent from my Windows 10 phone.
Hear all, believe none.  From: Jon Shanklin
Sent: Wednesday, 3 January 2018 7:37 AM
To: comets-disc at lists.britastro.org
Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] ALPO OUTLOOK  .. and the prospects will be further updated once the final three objects that are currently on the PCCP are designated.  I'm not expecting much to change.  Also note that drafts for 2019 and 2020 are on the visual page at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/  Regards,  Jon ShanklinMeteorologist, Halley Research Station, Antarcticahttps://legacy.bas.ac.uk/met/jds/notes_from_south_2017.htm  On 02/01/2018 18:47, Nick James wrote:> Denis,>  > That's a good summary. It is worth pointing out that Jonathan's > summary of prospects for 2018 was published in the last Journal and it > is available online to members here:>  > https://britastro.org/jbaa/pdf_cut/jbaa_11741.pdf>  > You need to be logged in to the website to view the entire PDF.>  > Nick.>  >  > On 02/01/2018 14:00, denis buczynski wrote:>> Hello all,Here is a link to The ALPO Comet Section outlook for 2018. >> Carl Hergenrother discusses the prospects for some comets duting >> 2018. Of interest currently is the development of C/2017 T1 Heinze as >> it passes close to earth and through perihelion.Denis >> BuczynsklSecretary BAA Comet Section>> ALPO Comet News – January 2018 « Comet Section>  > _______________________________________________> Comets-disc mailing list> Comets-disc at lists.britastro.org> http://lists.britastro.org/mailman/listinfo/comets-disc  _______________________________________________Comets-disc mailing listComets-disc at lists.britastro.orghttp://lists.britastro.org/mailman/listinfo/comets-disc  _______________________________________________
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