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AstroBee wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 9:00 am
First time I'm hearing about this one!
Too bad too, a couple of days ago it would have been framed nicely with the Leo Triplets!
I have seen numerous images of the comet with the Leo triplets, that's what made me look here on the forums for any images.
I don't do any AP but it still seems to be in a good position for aiming a camera at.
Hopefully the TSS astrophotography crowd will get a few great images to share.
Eyeballs, binoculars, sketch box, Scopes n stuff. Some people don't understand why I love astronomy so much, I cannot understand why they do not!
Just checked Skysafari and the comet will be close to a 85.1% illuminated Moon tonight(30Dec).
Might just chuck a spanner in the works.
Skysafari has the comet brightness at +9.2 , this coupled to the moon and a generous helping of light pollution might push it out of visual reach, not sure about the AP side though.
Good luck either way!
Eyeballs, binoculars, sketch box, Scopes n stuff. Some people don't understand why I love astronomy so much, I cannot understand why they do not!
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
I think I have seen it as a smudged dim blot with my biggest binocs between fog and partly cloudy skies with a big bright moon.
Will continue to get out looking on whatever clearness we get here in The Mud State.
Binoculars; Celestron Skymaster 18-40 X 80 zoom, Bushnell7-15 X 35 zoom, a couple of older single speed Bushnells that ride around in the car for weather spotting clarification
Scopes; Tiny little Mak-Cass Celestron c90 spotter scope that lets me count the moons of Jupiter and with which I can see Saturns rings in Mickey Mouse phase
Old Meade 1000mm f/11 that was missing the finder scope and ring so I rigged one onto the barrel using duct tape and a bit of cardboard and that actually works and I can count the moons of Jupiter with this one too.
Meade 6" reflector,(really elderly), found at a yard sale, the tube is a bucket of rust and corroded mirror but the mount and tripod will be recoverable so hooray for that.
Cameras; Mamiya medium format 645 with a couple of polaroid backs and a series of wide angle to 50mm lenses
Konica-Minolta 35mm,Sony alpha dslr's, up to the a900 full frame, mostly got them used because I don't have much money.
