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Comets of the Mid Summer Season!

Look to the new 'Professor Comet' report now posted on the club's website! 96P/Machholz 1 is only comet visible right now which is brighter than 10th magnitude, but visible only for a few hours after sunset and located low in the southwestern sky from mid summer thru late Autumn. Go to www.spaceweather.com and scroll down on the archives menu for 14 July 2012 to observe the comet recorded as a video clip from the Coronagraphs on board the NASA/ESA SOHO spacecraft as the comet approached to within 0.120 AU of the Sun as reached nearly 2nd magnitude in apparent brightness!

"Check back for more details sometime next week!!!"

If you wish to go the direct webpage to see the SOHO video clip of Machholz 1, then click on this URL for the Spaceweather "TIME MACHINE": http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=14&month=07&year=2012 for more information!

Enjoy!!!!