{"id":453,"date":"2009-01-02T23:14:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T23:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/01\/02\/144pkushida_-_j\/"},"modified":"2021-11-28T01:15:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:15:37","slug":"144pkushida_-_j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/01\/02\/144pkushida_-_j\/","title":{"rendered":"144P\/Kushida &#8211; JAN 2 &#8211; 3, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009010101_144PKushidalg.jpg\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2009010101')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2009010101')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009010101_144PKushidaA.jpg\" name=\"img2009010101\" alt=\"Sketch of comet 144P\/Kushida\"><\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n<!--\nsetrollover(\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009010101_144PKushidaB.jpg\");\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Sketch of comet 144P\/Kushida<\/p>\n<p><i>Move mouse over sketch above to view labels and different positions.<br \/>\nClick image for larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Observation Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Comet 144P\/Kushida is riding high in Taurus now, but the moon is sneaking up on it. I observed it over the last couple nights and found it sliding past a linear arrangement of four stars. It appeared as a soft, evenly round disc with a degree of condensation of about 3. On Thursday night Jan 1\/2, it was difficult to analyze for symmetry, since the core was resting within a few arc seconds of a 13th magnitude star. At that time, its diameter appeared to be about 3 to 4 arc minutes. I observed it again 2 hours and 15 minutes later that night and noticed eastward movement of about 1.5 arc minutes.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday night, Jan 2\/3, it had moved about 15 arc minutes to the east-southeast. The moon was brighter, and the coma appeared a bit smaller as a result. The coma still appeared symmetrical. It should still be fluorescing at 8th or 9th magnitude toward the end of the month as the moon swings back out of the way. Give it a look if you have the opportunity.<\/p>\n<table class=\"objectdata\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"subject\">144P\/Kushida<\/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>JAN 02, 2009 04:45 UT &#8211; Taurus: [RA: 03:30:12.4 \/ Dec: +15:47:52]<br \/>\nJAN 03, 2009 06:00 UT &#8211; Taurus: [RA: 03:31:17.2 \/ Dec: +15:46:03]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Size<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Coma: 3 &#8211; 4 arc minute diameter<br \/>\nDegree of Condensation: 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>~ 8.8 vMag<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>JAN 01, 2009, 9:45 PM &#8211; JAN 02, 2009, 8:15 PM MST<br \/>\n(JAN 2, 2009, 04:45 &#8211; JAN 3, 2009, 03:15 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Flagstaff, AZ &#8211; Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Instrument<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Orion SkyQuest XT8 Dobsonian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Pentax XW 10 (120X)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conditions<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Clear, calm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>5\/10 Pickering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Transparency<\/b><\/td>\n<td>~Mag 5.8 NELM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>*Sources<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aerith.net\/comet\/catalog\/0144P\/2009.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aerith.net<\/a>; Starry Night Pro Plus 5.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>144P\/Kushida 20090101<\/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-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comet","category-sg-comet","category-sketch-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":458,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/01\/31\/c2007_n3_lulin_2\/","url_meta":{"origin":453,"position":0},"title":"C\/2007 N3 (Lulin) &#8211; JAN 28, 2009","author":"jperez1690","date":"January 31, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"C\/2007 N3 (Lulin) 20090128","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Comet&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Comet","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/comet\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":459,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/02\/21\/c2007_n3_lulin_3\/","url_meta":{"origin":453,"position":1},"title":"C\/2007 N3 (Lulin) &#8211; FEB 20, 2009","author":"jperez1690","date":"February 21, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"C\/2007 N3 (Lulin) 20090220","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astro Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astro Photography","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/astro-photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":635,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2020\/07\/20\/comet_c2020_f3_3\/","url_meta":{"origin":453,"position":2},"title":"Comet C\/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) &#8211; 18 July 2020","author":"jperez1690","date":"July 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Sketch of C\/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) - 18 July 2020 Click for larger version. 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