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the caribbean islands are well situated for observing meteor showers and comets, so you should be able to see this new comet w. naked eye, certainly w. binox, from anywhere in vi.
use the sky map in this link to help locate it in the southern sky:
http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_16841.shtml
the pleiades are 6 very bright stars that look very much like a very little dipper; they are easily visible to the naked eye.
unfortunately we have been clouded in for several days/nites, so no chance to look myself.
did anyone see the geminid meteor shower in mid-december? it was really a good one; ~70 meteors per hour on dec. 13 and some nice fireballs on dec. 14
Hello az,
Just wanted to share with you this link, its for Etelman Observatory on St. Thomas.
http://www.uvi.edu/SandM/Physics/Etelman/EtelmanObs.html
Not much info. on the site, but there is some and a few pictures.
--Islander
thanx, islander, i was unaware of etelman. i'll be sure to check it out on my next visit. web site doesn't say anything about public viewing; do you know if they have such sessions?
Hello az,
When I attended UVI there were sessions where students (& I think the public) were invited... I would say contact one of the prof. in science dept. to get more info./details.
Try Dr. David Smith, (340)693-1257
[email protected]
He teaches Introduction to Meteorology
and Dr. Nora Thomas taught Intro. Astronomy last semester;
[email protected]
--Islander
