I agree with Chuck - remember, he said that "VISUALLY this was a near non-event." Patrick, of course, is talking about historical significance. After carefully comparing my sketch of the field about 30 minutes after impact with star charts and pics by others, I can say with some satisfaction that I did, indeed, see the comet. But, at the limit of visibility, at least for my sky and scope, it wasn't an exciting event. The two or three meteors I saw that evening were more interesting visually. From an historic perspective, I was and remain very excited about the NASA coverage and stunning images of pre- and post-impact. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Tempel 1 brightness |I stand by my opinion, Patrick; visually, this was a | near non-event... human accomplishment and misty-eyed | pride aside. I never said there was NO difference- | but I can't get as excited as you by such miniscule | changes and I do not have to defend that opinion. But | of course you can be as overjoyed as you wish. | | C. | | | --- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote: | | > I beg to differ. | > | > Granted, SL-9 was easier to see but we did see an | > obvious difference in | > the pre and post impact view, a difference caused by | > the first time | > humans have "touched" a comet nucleus. | > | > Patrick | | | | | ____________________________________________________ | Yahoo! Sports | Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football | http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ | |