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Comet hunting in plate vaults & libraries, Meyer comet group, orbit linking & calculating, cometary history, MP (52005), author, currently working on revision of Cometography 1, visual comet observing, www.comethunter.de
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Or maybe they have just the wrong ideas and questions. 😉
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Yep, unfortunately. But currently beggars can't be choosers, I guess.
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And one of these was a Kreutz group comet, which is the icing on the cake.
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Yes, by both discoverers.
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Yes, I read about it and the full astronomical walk (about 26 stations) but my time here is limited. Definitely on my list for the future!
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Finally a sundial visible from where I am sitting and having dinner. 4/4
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Then I visited the house of Johann Baptist Homann, known for his maps. 🔠3/n
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Visited the house of Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer, former director of Nürnberg observatory and known for his great celestial maps.
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No, unfortunately not. The observed arcs are too short. All that can be said is that the periods are several hundreds of years or even more.
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Currently the absolute magnitude suggests it will not survive perihelion.
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Sounds great, Kacper! Looking forward meeting you there in person.