Did anyone see it from Utah County? It was quite overcast around 6:30, so I decided to see a movie (Jack Reacher, rather entertaining) instead. The overcast was completely gone at 9:30, but so was the comet, sadly. Hoping tonight will be clear. ________________________________ From: Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Double Treat Perhaps +1 to +1.5 as a wild estimate. It has to be pretty bright to see it in the twilight. From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Double Treat Magnitude estimate for the comet? On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com>wrote:
Just went outside with my 18X80 monocular. I looked for the Moon first. It is one of the slimmest crescents I can remember seeing. A very nice treat naked eye.
Since the comet is supposed to be by the moon, I searched and founit. It looks like a miniature comet through the monocular. A broad tail, not too long and a well condensed nucleus. I went inside and got my wife to come out and have a look. She was able to find it without much trouble even though she is not experienced in astronomical observing, especially with a big hand held monocular. It is actually a half binocular and a bit unwieldy.
While she looked through the monocular, I saw it naked eye. Definitely a non-stellar nucleus and perhaps a broad 1/4 degree tail. Definitely a double treat this evening from my home in Bountiful. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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