KOMETA C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)
Datum: Thursday, 03. June 2004
Téma: Meziplanetární hmota


Pocatkem kvetna dosahla kometa hranice 3. magnitudy a na mnoho dni se stala snadnou koristi pro neozbrojene oko. Vzhledem pripominala sice nepatrnou difuzni skvrnku, na prvni pohled prilis se nelisici od okolnich hvezd, ale jiz pri pouziti maleho triedru se plne odhalila jeji krasa, predstavovana nekolikastupnovym chvostem. Excelentni byly taktez vlny nachazejici se v blizkosti jadra, ktere byly obzvlaste dobre patrne ve velkem 0.42-m dobsonu ASHK pri vypravach na vrchol serlissky (vice jak 1000 m.n.m.).

Obdobi nejvetsiho lesku nejlepe dokumentuji nasledujici vizualni pozorovani:

May 11.83, 3.2, 25' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 11.84, 3.4, 20' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 2.5-deg tail in p.a. 100 deg);
May 14.85, 3.8, 30' (M. Lehky, Serlich, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 14.86, 4.0, 20' (M. Lehky, Serlich, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 4-deg tail in p.a. 100 deg);
May 16.84, 3.4, 17' (P. Horalek, Serlich, Czech republic, 25x100 binoculars);
May 16.88, 4.1, 30' (M. Lehky, Serlich, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 16.89, 4.3, 20' (M. Lehky, Serlich, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 4-deg tail in p.a. 100 deg);
May 16.91, 3.6, 9' (P. Horalek, Serlich, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 19.85, 4.4, 20' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 19.86, 4.5, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 1-deg tail in p.a. 100 deg);
May 19.87, 4.3, 25' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 19.88, 4.5, 22' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 4.5-deg tail in p.a. 95 deg);
May 20.86, 4.6, 15' (M. Lehky, Brno, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 1-deg tail in p.a. 95 deg);
May 20.87, 4.4, 25' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 20.88, 4.6, 19' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 2.7-deg tail in p.a. 95 deg);
May 21.90, 4.3, 20' (M. Reszelski, Szamotuly, Poland, 0.03-m refractor; 0.5-deg tail in p.a. 105 deg);
May 22.85, 4.7, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 22.86, 4.9, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 1-deg tail in p.a. 95 deg);
May 22.88, 4.3, 23' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 22.89, 4.5, 20' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 3.5-deg tail in p.a. 100 deg);
May 23.88, 4.5, 20' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 23.89, 4.8, 18' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 3.1-deg tail in p.a. 100 deg);
May 24.89, 4.6, 22' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 24.90, 5.0, 18' (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars; 2.5-deg tail in p.a. 100 deg);
May 26.88, 4.6, 16' (M. Reszelski, Szamotuly, Poland, 7x37 bincoulars; 0.5-deg tail in p.a. 105 deg);
May 28.87, 5.1, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 28.88, 5.3, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars; 1-deg tail in p.a. 100 deg);
May 29.87, 5.1, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
May 29.88, 5.3, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars; 1-deg tail in p.a. 100 deg);
May 29.89, 5.0, 15' (M. Reszelski, Ostrorog, Poland, 7x35 bincoulars; 0.8-deg tail in p.a. 105 deg);

Jak je videt z vyse uvedenych vizualnich odhadu celkove jasnosti komy, kometa vstoupila do noveho mesice jako objekt 5. magnitudy a pri pokracujicim trendu je tedy vice nez zrejme, ze po obdobi uplnku jiz nebude viditelna pouhym okem. Presto si zasluhuje pozornosti nebot bude stale velmi vyraznym a vdecnym objektem pro male dalekohledy.





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