22 Jan
2015
22 Jan
'15
9:38 p.m.
Was just out looking at the comet with 10x50s and it seemed bright enough that it might be visible naked eye. So I lay down on my observatory floor for several minutes waiting for my eyes to dark adapt. Funny but during that time I saw two airplanes fly right through the Pleiades. Once adapted I used the binocs to find the comet again so I'd know right where to look. No luck looking straight at it but with averted vision there was definitely something there and the longer I looked the more obvious it became. So, my first (barely) naked eye comet in quite some time. patrick Sent from my iPad