3 Feb
2009
3 Feb
'09
3:27 p.m.
I observed it this morning at 5:15am from Little Mtn with a 60mm refractor at 21x and 77x. At 77x, I could see slight hint of the extended halo shown in Tyler's image and in other online images. The bright nucleus was also visible. As noted in my prior correction, I erred in my comment that we are looking end-on at the comet. We are looking at it from the side. See orbit diagram at http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=C%2F2007+N3&orb=1 - Kurt P.S. - Little Mtn was too cold to be useable this morning. Although the temperature was -2C, there was a slight breeze from which there was no shelter. The wind chill drove me home after 15 minutes.