Looking at the comet tonite. 3 miles across. Even from earth the thing is impressive. Amazing really.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Even from earth the thing is impressive.

Sorry, which planet are you on?

PS- what comet, man? I'm in my bedroom. Can I see it from here?

Why was I not informed?

I have more questions but that'll do for now.

He's talking about comet NEOWISE, visible at dawn and early evening to some. It was discovered only in March. It may remain visible to the naked eye throughout most of July 2020, appearing low to the northeast horizon.

I think Boss knew about "the comet". But the red one is real beauty.

This comet really has my attention. Very impressive imho. Huge tail and really speeding across the sky.

The wife and I checked it out tonight. A pair of binoculars really improves the view. Really cool

tried a few times but no luck here on the east coast,

too many trees in my area, hard to get a good view,

ISS has some good videos of it from orbit.

Starts at about 5:30 (halfway through)

Found it for the first time last night.

Even with binoculars it's still faint but once you know how and where to look, and what to look for, it's pretty easy to find.

Really damn cool!

Saw it last night flying from Orlando back to Memphis. Pretty cool view from 34,000 feet, but it wasn't as bright as I would have thought. Still cool to see.

Comet NEOWISE will be closest to Earth on July 22-23, 2020. It will pass at some 64 million miles (103 million km) from our planet. The good news is that – if the comet continues looking great – the view during the night of closest approach should be nice for many of us at temperate latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. Although binoculars are required for the celestial visitor, it will be visible at the same time we see a beautiful crescent (not too bright) moon.

As Balze mentioned if you have bino's they really help. I used my 10x and that made a huge difference.

We recently acquired a meade tele that we are trying to use. The view was not like I thought it would be so have more work to figure it out.

I'm not too concerned about comets moving away from us, it's the ones heading this way that bother me more.

Who's week was it to notify Para about cataclysmic astrological events like falling space debris, comets and asteroids?

Does it move too fast to track with an unassisted manual telescope?

Oz, no I would say not.

it landed in this guys kitchen

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Originally posted by parabellum:


Why was I not informed?

Sorry Boss, this one wasn't yours. Way too far away, and wasn't going to do any damage at all, just look pretty. So we didn't want to bother you.

We'll give you a holler when yours in on the way.

Gonna give it a go with some binoculars in about a half hour following this advice:

"Start looking about 1 hour after sunset, when you'll find it just over the northwestern horizon as the last of twilight fades into darkness," the editors of Sky & Telescope said in a news release. "Look about three fists below the bottom of the Big Dipper, which is hanging down by its handle high above, and from there perhaps a little to the right."

That will do Bald1