Re: Planet X: MAY Coordinates [OT]

In Article <9e0gcd$5j1@netnews.hinet.net> Jimmy Joe wrote:
> The exposures show the shortest time to be about 6
> minutes and the longest to be about 28 minutes. ...
> A quick pass over the article and its images indicates
> to me that even HST's Faint Object Camera didn't
> have an easy time with Pluto.  I guess my little 8"
> reflector is going to need a lot more than just clear
> air and a steady tripod to see this planet.

Well that explains why an image is not so easy to come by.  Neuchatal
folks (who did not get offical permission to release the information)
got an image, but this was never received, though the descriptions of
what was sighted at the coordinates given by the Zetas were consistent.
We were told that by the excited folks who first sighted it that we
would get "at least" an image, then were was a long silence for over a
week, then the offical denial that such as sighting ever occurred at
Neuchatal.  So they've got an immage.

> Subject: 12th planet discovery?
> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 23:30:32 +0100
>
>     It seems incredible but somebody on [mailing list]
>     (57 members today :-) - actually a whole team is
>     contacting all and every observatories in France -
>     just sent a message. The Neuchatel observatory got it.
>     They are very excited, wondering if it is a comet or a
>     brown dwarf, through the latest coordinates you gave.
>     I'm going to ask for further details. The daughter of
>     the astronomer reports that they suspect a comet or
>     a brown dwarf on the process to become a pulsar
>     since it emits "waves".
>
>    PS for those who would read french I copy the message below
>
>          Salut! Bon les jeunes y'a du nouveau. j'ai envoye
>         les donnees concernant la 12e planete a une amie, et
>         voici ce qu'elle me repond: Observatoire de Neuchâtel
>         (celui du paternel) toute première réponses: oui,ce
>         pourrait être une comète. Elle est sur un des bras
>         d'Orion(?) et vont se mettre à mieux regarder pour
>         valider ou non "la naine brune"...car je ne sais pas
>         si tu sais, mais ce stade est juste avant celui du pulsar
>         et donc émet des ondes... CQFD... je me demande ce
>         que la Terre en reçoit ou en recevra mais... Mystère
>         et boules de gommes... Attendons les autres labo...
>         mais celui-ci en particulier je lui fait confiance car
>         il ne jouerait pas la carte du complot avec mon père...
>         ça franchement non... (autant dire que le - dit Père
>         est tout exité!!!)