The coma is pretty bright from the photos I've seen lately, Dion, so even if the moon washes out the tail, that at least should be an easy pick. I've always had good luck imaging morning comets from Little Mountain. It's been a few years since I was last up there, and headlights from the road can be a problem, but the eastern horizon is nice and low. Kurt Fisher reports that the lights of Jeremy Ranch have contributed to a bit of glow in recent years. But it's nice and close and you might have to drive over an hour to better it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the comet holds together after perihelion, sporting a much longer, brighter tail. The moon will be out of the picture by then, as well. On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Dion Davidson <diondavidson@yahoo.com>wrote:
Chuck - if that link doesn't work you're not missing much - just a green blob below Spica. I was convinced ISON would be invisible now, with the clouds and moon and being so low in the sky as it starts to lighten. I was pleasantly surprised to see it in the photos right where it should be. This makes me want to try to find a place with a clear view of a flat eastern horizon to see how it looks earlier in the morning. (Is there such a place within an hour or two of the Salt Lake valley?) The last time I saw it with my eyeball it was pretty vague. All this talk of 6x brightness, ISON wakes up, etc. makes me want to have another go before it plunges to the sun. Dion
On Monday, November 18, 2013 7:56 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Dion, when I click on the link I keep getting 500 Internal Server Error.
I'll try again from home later this afternoon.