Have you seen the Green Comet( tm)

[Rex R]

The streaming video did not impress me much.

 

[teepot]

I haven't seen it yet. Would like to.

 

[Hobie1dog]

I take it this has nothing to do with a green container of Comet cleanser?

 

[Rex R]

Correct, this one is visually near Polaris the north . Probably need binoculars to see it.

 

[WillMarchant]

We saw it in binoculars from relatively dark skies. Not much tail for us.

Here’s https://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html a monthly star chart that might help.

SkySafariPro https://go2.skysafariastronomy.com/skysafari-7-pro-on-ios-android-macos is the paid app that I use.

 

[KenECoyote]

 

[Funkworks]

wrong thread oops

 

[Hobie1dog]

I saw the photographs of it this morning, cool

 

[T-Rex]

hopefully the clouds will break up before it's gone....

 

[NateB]

I might be able to view it before dawn. The North sky is darker at work than home, but I'm not sure if my binoculars are strong enough for this one.

 

[JPalmer621]

Lots of clouds (and ice) in DFW maybe this weekend

 

[thequick]

I saw it 2 nights ago. I needed binoculars. It was very dim, comparable to the Andromeda galaxy. And I didn’t notice any green to it.

It is getting further away and the moon is nearing full…

 

[bad_idea]

I saw it last weekend through someone else's binoculars which were on a tripod. I had failed to locate it with my own binoculars before that. Was a pale smudge at that time. Cloudy skies have kept me from seeking it out again since.

 

[techrat]

Here in the Northeast, it's been consistently cloudy, and now it's about to get so bone chillingly cold that I'm not venturing out after sunset. That said, I have a friend who sent me an image from a Florida Observatory... Good enough for me. I remember Hale-Bopp though, and saw that very clearly through binoculars.

 

[thequick]

+1 for pale smudge

 

[rocket_troy]

Probably both the most spectacular and disappointing things I've ever seen were both comets. Halleys being the disappointment and McNaught being the most spectacular for me in the location I was when they swung by.
Ever since McNaught I venture out to take a peek whenever there's one whizzing by, but no luck with our green friend yet for me... Maybe we can call it Yoda's comet.

TP

 

[b.wieting]

Nothing like the great comets of the '90s, yet cool just to spot it yesterday in binos, tho moon interfered some. A little better in my 300mm dob, but still no visible tail.

 

[Lord Rory Gin]

Probably both the most spectacular and disappointing things I've ever seen were both comets. Halleys being the disappointment and McNaught being the most spectacular for me in the location I was when they swung by.
Ever since McNaught I venture out to take a peek whenever there's one whizzing by, but no luck with our green friend yet for me... Maybe we can call it Yoda's comet.

TP

When I was a kid Comet Kohoutek made its appearance in fall 1973 to Jan 1974. I watched it approach with my binoculars and I was about to setup a watch party with my HS friends when 'poof' it faded and went dark. The comet of the century as a fiss. As a 14 yr old, I was mightily disappointed as I had hundreds of newspaper and magazine clippings and was so looking forward to a daytime viewing.

 

[Cape Byron]

When I was a kid Comet Kohoutek made its appearance in fall 1973 to Jan 1974.

Saw it down here in Oz and we had a couple of excellent viewing nights. It wasn't anywhere near as bright as had been predicted, but still impressive.

 

[WillMarchant]

This article https://www.cosmossafari.com/post/how-to-find-comet-c-2022-e3-ztf lists a couple of fun conjunctions of the comet with the star Capella and then Mars over the next few days. I might get motivated to brave the cold for those…

 

[MClark]

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