Comet Lovejoy

martin-f said:
Thank you A/S, I will have a play with them.
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And then you'll get the binoculars out. Fnar !

Tomorrow evening looks as though the skies will be clear around here

Lovejoy progress.webp
 
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Just seen it again through binocs. Below & to the right of The Pleiades
 
No chance round here, complete cloud cover (again)
 
Looking better for tonight. I'm putting the binoculars in the car in a few minutes, so they don't mist up later.
 
Cold -6c and a hazy/clear starry night here, have located Pleiades on the stellarium side, will wait an hour to see if the sky gets any clearer then sit out in my veranda chair and try to spot this object with bino`s.

Regards
 
Its on your photo skomedal :D

On the crop below its the slightly fuzzy blob over on the right above the 2 brightish stars

Its not very bright, but having just been outside to have a look with binocs find the Pleiades - high in the south. Then move the binocs about one and a bit fields of view over and you are in the right ball park

Pleiades.webp
 
That's about it. The Pleiades are nice bright pinpoints in the binoculars, the comet is a rather disappointing 'thing'. I might consider getting out the telescope for a better view, but not tonight. I can't believe its a magnitude 4 as reported.
 
Yeah thats the one :D

Maybe it will be brighter on its next visit in the year 10,015ish!
 
This particular comet was never expected to be very bright, but theres always the more dirty snowballs swinging in towards us - and sooner or later there is going to be another "Great Comet"
 
An asteroid, designated 2004 BL86, will safely pass about three times the distance of Earth to the moon on January 26.

The asteroid is expected to be observable to amateur astronomers with small telescopes and strong binoculars.

Full story:-
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4441

Not sure if visible from europe yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards
 
Dr Edward Bloomer, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said: “By nightfall on the 26th, sun will be below the horizon and out of the way, giving you a good chance to look at asteroid.

“Or if you are looking on the morning of the 27th you might have time to see it before the sun rises. The coast is a good place to go, as you are away from external sources of light."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11353486/Huge-asteroid-to-narrowly-miss-Earth.html

Good spotting luck:)

Regards
 
From memory of the last one, they appear in twos.

 
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