It is between Aries and Andromeda. It is probably near were M33 is, maybe a little south of M33. You need to look right around 8:00pm because it would set soon after that. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Joe Borgione [mailto:jborgion@xmission.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 11:11 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] More on the comet I headed west last night to second Grantsville exit/Stansbury Island; I got skunked by the clouds and couldn't pick it out. Rats- perhaps I should have tried Sandy instead. I was able to pick out M81 & M82 with both my 8 X 56s and 11 X 70s, so all was not lost..... How high is the comet off the horizon? Is it towards Cassiopia or more towards the Plieades? I was observing between 8:15 and 9:15. Joe Borgione forrell@es.com wrote:

I observed the comet last night through less than ideal skies from Sandy's light polluted skies. The tail was easily visible in 8x56 binoculars and extended roughly 5 degrees. Once I spotted it in binoculars, the head was visible to the naked eye.

I also observed it with a 90mm spotting scope at 20X. While I was watching it, I thought I noticed subtle short duration changes in the tail structure, but I couldn't be sure.

Anyone else see this?

-----Original Message----- From: Patrick Wiggins [mailto:paw@trilobyte.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:59 PM To: utah astronomy listserve Subject: [Utah-astronomy] More on the comet

Hi,

Just back from SPOC 2 where Bruce Grim and I chose comet Ikeya-Zhang as the subject of the Ealing's first light.

As you might expect, the comet through a 400 mm scope was very impressive.

Anyone else out there seen the comet lately?

Patrick :-)

p.s. I understand that the D News may have a photographer and reporter at tomorrow (Thursday, 21 March) night's impromptu comet/occultation/planet watch at the Midvale Harmons. Y'all come!

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