Should be easy tonight. But it will be hot so I am taking plenty of water. On Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 7:06 AM Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
No need to travel out of town, I spotted the comet immediately from my backyard in West Valley last night. Brighter than expected! This little comet reminds of Ikeya-Zhang, around 2002, wasn't it? Maybe a bit bigger and brighter though Ikeya-Zhang was in a darker sky.
I used my old Sans & Streiffe 7x35mm binocular and a Vixen Mini-60s spotting scope at various low magnifications. Best views were with a Takahashi 25mm ortho and home-made 23mm wide-angle Plossl eyepiece.
It's very low in the WNW. Start looking right after sundown and it will pop into view as soon as the sky darkens sufficiently, only about ten or fifteen degrees in elevation. I was fortunate that the comet just happened to lie in a place between the trees, from my yard, but I wouldn't have to travel more than a block or two to find a good viewing location if I couldn't use the yard. You just need a low western horizon. The east benches should be terrific. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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