RE: Deep Impact

From: Mark Bracewell ^lt;mbracewell_at_No-Spam>
Date: Fri Mar 25 2005 - 17:09:37 MST

>> That 6:10 UT translates to 11:10 PDT. Is your 24 deg elevation for 10
PST or PDT?
 
good question, it was for 6:10 UT = 10:10 PST, so 23 degrees past sunset it is.
 
According to this, http://deepimpact.umd.edu/stsp/obsdates/index.shtml
the comet will be at about 13h37m -09 31
 
Daylight savings time is <evil>

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From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam on behalf of Jim Van Nuland
Sent: Fri 3/25/2005 3:22 PM
To: The Astronomy Connection
Subject: Re: [TAC] Deep Impact

Mark Bracewell wrote:
>
> >>06:10 4 July 2005 UT
>
> So it looks to me to be about 24 degrees above the san jose horizon, WSW. 10 pm isn't terribly dark in july, is it?

  That 6:10 UT translates to 11:10 PDT. Is your 24 deg elevation for 10
PST or PDT? I don't know the position of the comet.

  For 10:10 standard time, the sun is 23 degrees down.
  For 10:10 summer time, the sun is 16 degrees down.

  So it's adequately dark in either case.

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Received on Fri Mar 25 17:12:13 2005

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