tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028287563520537999.post3076249294145926168..comments2023-12-27T05:22:24.378-05:00Comments on Simostronomy: "Hello, Operator. Mis-information, please."Big Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315391586724045202noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028287563520537999.post-48132866805247725302008-07-31T10:08:00.000-04:002008-07-31T10:08:00.000-04:00Hi Mike. Assuming my planetarium software isn't to...Hi Mike. Assuming my planetarium software isn't totally wrong, if somebody was in a location on the Earth where they could see Puppis in early June - say, Australia, New Zealand etc - they would have been able to see it.<BR/><BR/>Of course it was sloppy English to imply that everyone on the planet would have been able to see it at night. There are times when us northern hemispherians make similar badly worded statements about things that people like Ian Musgrave can't see because they are too far south.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028287563520537999.post-37095314447222620902008-07-30T10:37:00.000-04:002008-07-30T10:37:00.000-04:00Of course, the nova was in 2007, and we were watch...Of course, the nova was in 2007, and we were watching in 2008 (now I feel <B>really</B> stupid). But the point is that us southern hemisphereians could have seen it, as Puppis is quite high enough to pick out 4th magnitude objects well after astronomical twilight. Just .. not on June 5 2008(sighs)Ian Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010720416554077787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028287563520537999.post-46687606781774471722008-07-29T18:08:00.000-04:002008-07-29T18:08:00.000-04:00Comet Boattini!!! Where was every semi-serious sou...Comet Boattini!!! Where was every semi-serious southern hemisphere amateur astronomer looking in the first half of June? At comet Boattini, WHICH WAS JUST UNDER PUPPIS! My Sketch book has entries for June 3 and June 9, bracketing the June 5 date (and I looked on other days when I didn't sketch). When locating Boattini I scanned through Puppis, and used some Puppis stars as magnitude. FRACK! I just checked the location, I would have scanned straight over it while doing my magnitude estimations AND I DIDN'T NOTICE!!<BR/><BR/>I feel, I don't know, so unastronomical.Ian Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010720416554077787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028287563520537999.post-50670136232980941942008-07-29T17:47:00.000-04:002008-07-29T17:47:00.000-04:00Umm, Mike. At 5 June, when the article says the No...Umm, Mike. At 5 June, when the article says the Nova happened, Puppis is 45 degrees above the horizon at astronomical twilight in my part of the southern hemisphere. For at least the first half of June, anyone in the Southern hemisphere wandering out in the early evening between 7 pm and 9 pm could have seen it. Puppis is star rich though, and could easily be missed.Ian Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010720416554077787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028287563520537999.post-46051315605701460502008-07-21T10:05:00.000-04:002008-07-21T10:05:00.000-04:00Hi, Sebastian!As anyone who has even heard of you ...Hi, Sebastian!<BR/><BR/>As anyone who has even heard of you knows, you are a dedicated, top shelf observer, unafraid of observing near the horizon to get those all important data points as variables go into and come out of conjunction. You also live in Argentina! From here in Michigan, and many other places in the north, Puppis is lost to us much earlier than July.<BR/>I did notice the large error bar on the ASAS curve. Thanks for translating that to a reliable V mag.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315391586724045202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028287563520537999.post-14864714804861249392008-07-21T09:24:00.000-04:002008-07-21T09:24:00.000-04:00Hi, Mike.My "official" Puppis season ends on July ...Hi, Mike.<BR/>My "official" Puppis season ends on July 25 or so. I was observng L2 Pup and a couple of other stars nearby on June 4 and June 10. On June 4 the star was probably already visible.. :((.But I automatically went all the way to L2 and made my job...<BR/>Aout the maximum magnitude of V598 Pup it is interesting to note that at those magnitudes ASAS-3 is saturated.<BR/>The 4.05 figure for June 5 translates to a V-mag of 3.6 +/-0.2 mag.<BR/>CheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com