From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Sun Feb 15 2004 - 21:02:13 PST
>From: SpaceWeather.com <swlist_at_spaceweather.com>
>Reply-To: SpaceWeather.com <swlist_at_spaceweather.com>
>To: SpaceWeather.com <swlist_at_spaceweather.com>
>Subject: Approaching Comet C/2002 T7
>Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:56:14 -0600
>
>Spaceweather News for Feb. 15, 2004
>http://spaceweather.com
>
>Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) is approaching Earth and brightening every day.
>It's not yet a naked-eye object, but the 7th-magnitude fuzzball is easy to
>see through backyard telescopes. The comet lies not far from brilliant
>Venus in the western sky after sunset.
>
>For the next three months, the comet will continue to brighten as it nears
>Earth. May 19th is the date of closest approach (0.27 AU). At that time
>C/2002 T7 might glow brighter than a 1st magnitude star--easily seen with
>the unaided eye. (Note: there is considerable uncertainty about how bright
>this object will become.) In May you'll have to be in the southern
>hemisphere to see it easily. Now is the best time for northern hemisphere
>observers to look, before the comet plunges south.
>
>Visit Spaceweather.com for more information and images.
>
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