Thanks for the heads up Joe. After reading your note I headed out into the front yard and first found Regulus and Saturn. A finder chart on Heavens-Above indicated those two point to the comet. And, sure enough, there is was. Easy naked eye. In 7x35s it was ok but 11x80s really showed some structure. I'm working (3169) Ostro again tonight but I'm tempted to try for a picture or two of the comet. Thanks again, patrick On 21 Feb 2009, at 00:55, Joe Bauman wrote:
I just saw Comet Lulin from my front porch in SLC, using a nice pair of binos Chuck Hards sold me about four years ago. It was fairly close to a star that Starry Night Pro says is named Zaniah, in the SE. The comet was just a dim fuzzball, but could be easily seen with averted vision. I saw no color and no tail. Undoubtedly it's much better at a dark site. -- Joe