Has anyone recently seen 103P Hartley, described in Yoshida's Comet page below. At 4:30am MST, 10-18, it is about 2 degrees north of eps Aur on the zenith with the Moon below the horizon. Is the Yoshida note that it is "very large similar to the full moon" overstated? Yoshida's Comet http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html - Kurt ===== 103P/Hartley 2 Now it is 5.1 mag (Oct. 7, Juan Jose Gonzalez). Very large similar to the full moon. Very bright and visible with naked eyes. It is approaching to the earth down to 0.12 A.U. In the Northern Hemisphere, it keeps observable all through this apparition until 2011 June when it fades down to 17 mag. In the Southern Hemisphere, it becomes unobservable temporarily from late September to mid October. But then it keeps observable in good condition. Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h) Oct. 9 2 28.99 56 29.5 0.146 1.092 126 6.0 1:15 (180, 68) Oct. 16 4 26.97 49 19.8 0.125 1.072 124 5.4 2:47 (180, 75) =====