How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story "Nightfall," about the planet where the stars were visible only once in a thousand years. So awesome was the sight that it drove men mad. We who can see the stars every night glance up casually at the cosmos and then quickly down again, searching for a Dairy Queen.
/ Roger Ebert, from a movie review in the "Chicago Sun Times" /



In memoriam Halton C. Arp (1927-2013).


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168P / Hergenrother (Comet)
Also known as: Comet Hergenrother, 168P
Right ascension: 0h 0m Declination: 25° 41'
Constellation: Hercules
Date/time: 2012.10.08 22:10 UT
Equipment: 12" f/5 Newtonian
FoV: 24' Magnification and filter(s): 167x
Seeing: 4/10 Transparency: 2/5
SQM: 21.06 m/as2 Temperature: 5°C
Humidity: low Wind: breeze
Sight: 3 - definite details, interesting look
Difficulty: 4 - hardly visible, dark adaptation and very dark skies needed, averted vision is required to see details
Position: 2 - easy, bright star nearby
Location: Nádasdladány, Hungary
Observer: Ferenc Lovró
Description:

Surprisingly bright comet, its cone shape can be noticed even with the smallest magnification. Its a rather large object, by increasing power and especially by using averted vision its N-S elongated tail becomes more and more spectacular, can be separated to three definite parts: on its Western border a longer tail can be seen, in the middle a little but bright cone can be noticed and finally to the South I can see another brighter filament that's not as spectacular like the two others. Unfortunately it's not easy to observe this bright object this time, because thin clouds are going by, sometimes completely covering Alpha and Beta Herculis.


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