Anyone spotted C/2002 V1 (NEAT) yet?

[Rick]

Anyone spotted C/2002 V1 (NEAT) yet? The details on the BAA comet section site at http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds say it should be visible in the early evening, around RA 23h and dec 7degs, and could be naked-eye-visible. Might be a bit low in the west though.

[Mike]

I must admit i'd not heard of it. Will certainly have a go now you've told me though !

[Rick]

It was the one I alluded to in the update that happened a little sooner than intended while I was away...

Of course, having mentioned the possibility of a comet being visible, I seem to have jinxed the weather into throwing down a carpet of white stuff...

Brrr....

[Rick]

Check this image by Robin Leadbeater:

 http://www.leadbeaterhome.fsnet.co.uk/astro_image_28.htm

[Rick]

There are some spectacular images of this comet taken by SOHO. Check http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

[Rick]

At one point http://solar.spacew.com/c3/ was also showing up-to-the-minute images, but it appears to have gone AWOL in the lsat 24 hours....

[ This Message was edited by: Rick on 2003-02-18 20:57 ]

[Rick]

The comet is now almost out of SOHO's field of view.

[Rick]

The Sky at Night (repeated at 12:45 this afternoon on BBC2) included an animation of the comet's appearance in SOHO's field of view.

[ This Message was edited by: Rick on 2003-03-08 09:07 ]