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2004-12-14
Announcing Comet Machholz I first learned of this on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website, yesterday. They say it's "already visible to the unaided eye." I also got an e-mail from SpaceWeather.com. They quoted one Jimmy Westlake as saying, "The comet was immediately visible to the naked eye," and adding Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) has been nearing Earth for weeks, brightening day by day, and now it looks like a fuzzy 5th-magnitude star near the feet of Orion. Look for it in the southeastern sky a few hours after sunset: sky map. Astronomers expect Comet Machholz to reach peak brightness (3rd or 4th magnitude) in January 2005... I looked a couple of times last night but didn't see it. We've got a lot of light in the night skies this near to Philly and the conditions were not the best, so I'll keep trying. But 5th-magnitude is fairly dim. Original post by Namenlosen Trinker at 12/14/2004 05:52:00 PM Eastern time :: 1 comment(s) :: 1 comment(s):I also intended to point out that the Geminid meteor shower was expected to peak the evening of 13 December. However, I didn't get around to making the post until the following day. I looked for meteors as well as for Comet Machholz Monday night, but saw neither. Too bad, because, to quote SpaceWeather.com "'For once, a meteor shower did better than predicted,' says meteor forecaster Bill Cooke of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center." Some people got some nice pictures. Comment posted by
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