{"id":238,"date":"2006-02-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/25\/comet_c2006_a1\/"},"modified":"2021-11-27T23:33:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T23:33:14","slug":"comet_c2006_a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/25\/comet_c2006_a1\/","title":{"rendered":"C\/2006 A1 (Pojmanski) &#8211; February 25, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"javascript:myVoid()\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2006022503A')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2006022503A')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006022503_Pojmanski38XA.jpg\" name=\"img2006022503A\" alt=\"Step 1\" border=\"1\" color=\"FFFFFF\"><\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n<!--\nsetrollover(\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006022503_Pojmanski38XB.jpg\");\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- br--><\/p>\n<p><i>Move mouse over upper image for labels.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006022503_Pojmanski240X.jpg\" color=\"ffffff\" border=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Observation Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006022503_PojmanskiFndr.jpg\" align=\"right\" color=\"ffffff\" border=\"1\">This observation of C\/2006 A1 Pojmanski came at the end of an all-night observing session at Anderson Mesa. Because it was going to be fencing with the rising sun, I needed to catch it as close to the horizon as possible. This meant moving my scope when I realized it was going to come up behind a particularly expansive tree. With the western-most stars of Capricornus started peeking over the trees I began my search. It wasn&#8217;t hard to find at all. Particularly compared to comets 9P\/Tempel and 2005 E2 McNaught.<\/p>\n<p>I could see a fuzzy patch rising through the boughs of some distant trees. When it soared clear, it showed as a soft, beautifully glowing pearl. Its coma was bright, with a nicely condensed core. It appeared to be about 2&#8242; across. Averted vision showed about a 20&#8242; length of tail blowing off to the southwest. In addition to a bright, thin core, a broader, fainter fan overlapped it, and was about the same width as the coma. It took magnification nicely, and at 240X, I could see some asymmetry in the coma. The northwest side appeared sharper, with a bit of a spike on the east side. The pseudo-nucleus was not stellar at this magnification though, which could have something to do with poor seeing near the horizon. It showed up easily in 10&#215;50 binoculars as a soft stellar object, and was just barely visible to the naked eye with approaching dawn beginning to interfere.<\/p>\n<table width=\"470\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding-left=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject<\/b><\/td>\n<td>C\/2006 A1 Pojmanski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Classification<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Comet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Position*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Capricornus<br \/>\n12:30 UT &#8211; [RA: 20:16:45 \/ Dec: -18:03:58]<br \/>\n13:00 UT &#8211; [RA: 20:16:47 \/ Dec: -18:00:58]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Size<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Coma: 2&#8242; ; Tail: 20&#8242;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>~5.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>February 25, 2006 &#8211; 05:30-06:00 AM MST<br \/>\n(February 25, 2006 &#8211; 12:30-13:00 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Anderson Mesa, AZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Instrument<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Orion SVP 6LT Reflector (150 mm dia.\/1200 mm F\/L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>32 mm Sirius Pl\u00c3\u00b6ssl (37.5X); 10 mm Sirius Pl\u00c3\u00b6ssl + 2X Barlow (240X)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conditions<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Clear, calm, 19\u00c2\u00b0F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>3-4\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Transparency<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Mag 5.5 NELM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>*Sources<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Orion&#8217;s The Sky Software; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aerith.net\/comet\/catalog\/2006A1\/2006A1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aerith.net<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\/2006 A1 Pojmanski 20060225<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,45,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comet","category-sg-comet","category-sketch-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":229,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/07\/visually_observ\/","url_meta":{"origin":238,"position":0},"title":"Visually Observable Comets for 2006","author":"jperez1690","date":"February 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"20060207","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2004\/08\/01\/comet_sketches\/","url_meta":{"origin":238,"position":1},"title":"Comet Sketches","author":"jperez1690","date":"August 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Comet Sketches","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gallery&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gallery","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/gallery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":231,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/23\/planning_a_majo\/","url_meta":{"origin":238,"position":2},"title":"Planning a Major Observing Night","author":"jperez1690","date":"February 23, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"20060223","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":232,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/24\/observing_repor_6\/","url_meta":{"origin":238,"position":3},"title":"Observing Report &#8211; 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