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#1

This one may actually live up to its billing!

Over the next couple of weeks, look to the west about 45 minutes after sunset.  For these next few evenings, you'll need binoculars or (as below) a long-duration camera exposure, but *EVENTUALLY*, it's supposed to be visible with the naked eye!

Here's where to look:

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Here's my first attempt (tonight, 12 October):

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#5

Going to try and catch it tomorrow night. Everything I read suggests that it will be dimming steadily as it moves higher in the sky, so I'm not sure if viewing is going to get any better than it is now.

 

#6

I'm at my place in Vermont, if not for the game going on today - I would have gone out tonight to check it out. Hope it stays clear tomorrow.

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#8
9 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

Going to try and catch it tomorrow night. Everything I read suggests that it will be dimming steadily as it moves higher in the sky, so I'm not sure if viewing is going to get any better than it is now.

 

 

That is correct ... "best viewing" will be sooner-rather-than-later, so don't wait too long!

 

#10

Either too low and blocked by houses, or too much light pollution in suburban Chicago. I suspect the former, as Venus was readily visible.

Will try again. 

#12

There is a single planetary light in the sky right now (not the moon).

I know your supposed to need a telescope, but go look now, 7:33 Austin time.

#13

Hey that's cool.

Faintly visible to the naked eye for me right around 7:45 tonight. Probably would have been brighter but we have parking lot lights behind us.

Terrible cell phone photo kind of picked it up, bottom of first pic and then cropped.

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#16

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Looks like a smudge to the naked eye. The nucleus / coma was visible with decent binoculars. Pretty cool. 

#18

I found it easily with binoculars. Was pretty cool. But most importantly I wanted my kids to see it so I figured out the best landmarks on the ground to have them use as a reference position. 

My kids walked outside and I was prepared to walk them through exactly how to find it. "Oh yeah, there it is! That's cool".

Young eyes I guess.

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#19

It's incredible what phone cameras can image now. With the naked eye I could barely see a smudge, and that only with slightly averted vision. Looked decent in binocs though.

I wish the Austin metro area and surrounding suburbs had some rigorous light pollution restrictions but people would never go for that. But not every gas station, car dealership, and store parking lot needs to be lit up like it's high noon on Mercury.

 

 

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#20

I took this from about 15,000 feet over Kansas City.  Sunday, a little after sunset  

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On 10/12/2024 at 9:31 PM, DoobieWah said:

More info.

 

Won't be back for 80,000 years. (And that's a long time to you and me.)

aggy still won't have won a title.

#28

Tuesday evening's offering.  I really couldn't get a great shot with the DSLR, but an effort was made.  I'll try again tomorrow evening.

 

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And for good measure, here's the Moon

 

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#30
On 10/14/2024 at 10:41 PM, Deej said:

aggy still won't have won a title.

Nor will they have played Georgia.

#35

I’m in New Orleans and was unable to see the comet last night. I talked to my son back in Houston and he was able to see it. 
 

 

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