Re: [BAA Comets] Comet 103P/Hartley observing campaign
Thomas Lehmann 11 Jul 2023 18:15 UTC
I will certainly contribute to the project, especially with visual equivalent
magnitude measurements using green filtered observations.
I have also alerted this project to the german group of comet observers.
Would be a great opportunity for a broader cooperation.
Thomas
> Am Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:41:35 +0100
> schrieb Nick James <ndj@nickdjames.com>:
>
> Comet 103P/Hartley is an unusual object which was visited by the EPOXI
> spacecraft in 2010. At that time the Italian CARA group produced some
> very important ground-based observations to support the space mission.
>
> Giannantonio Milani of CARA has proposed a cooperation between CARA and
> the BAA to observe this year's return. We are still working out details
> of how the collection of images and analysis would be performed but I'd
> be like to how many observers would be interested in taking part in this
> campaign.
>
> Please have a read of the details here:
>
> https://britastro.org/section_news_item/comet-103p-hartley-observing-campaign
>
> If you are interested in being involved please email me directly and
> I'll let you know as soon as we have details of the analysis approach.
> You can start imaging the comet now, although it is currently around
> 17th mag and in the morning sky. It should brighten fairly quickly and
> it will become more accesible as the nights lengthen into Autumn.
>
> Nick.
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