There are some images on the spaceweather.com website, one by Pierre Martin, who I believe has been known to post to SeeSat from time to time. Pierre's image looks very much like our one-power view between clouds this morning from a spot beside US Highway 281 north of Lampasas, Texas. Mike drove and I rode "shotgun" as we tried to get to somewhere that would not be overcast at the appropriate time. At 8:01 UTC we could see nothing but occasional glimpses of Mars and Sirius. Very frustrating! Finally as we were on the road home I noticed quite a few stars out the window, so we stopped there. Mike saw it first at about 8:32 UTC. It was easy to see without any magnification and was brighter (for at least a brief time) than Comet 17P/Holmes. Mike found the Centaur in front of the nebula or "comet" -- always just for brief moments between clouds. On the image by Jay Ballauer and Vance Bagwell of Crowell, Texas (linked to from the spaceweather.com website) there is a short trail in front of the narrow point of the "comet", and I take that trail to be the Centaur. I'm glad to see various reports of people having seen at least the fuel dump, but I have not yet seen a report regarding the orbital adjustment burn that was supposed to have occurred 20 to 30 minutes earlier. I'm very glad that Mike and I got at least some favorable luck, especially given that he drove a long way around a pretty good portion of central Texas! Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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