9 Mar
2013
9 Mar
'13
10:44 p.m.
On 09 Mar 2013, at 22:33, Joe Bauman wrote:
How could it have changed so quickly from naked-eye visibility in the southern hemisphere? What am I missing? Thanks, Joe
Reports I received from Down Under had it barely visible to the naked eye with non-astronomers not able to find it without help. And as predicted it has faded a bit since then. So it's never lived up to some of the hype but, hopefully, we will be able to show it to the public with the refractor Wednesday. Maybe even the Ealing though I don't remember how low it can reach. I'm hoping for a test run tomorrow. Fingers crossed. patrick