Re: Excellent comet weather this morning
Paul
Made it out with a few of the Peninsula guys to Ft. Monroe this morning. Wow is all I can say. Definitely the best comet since I got back into the hobby 11 years ago. We spotted it when it was only ~3 deg above the horizon. It was fun taking turns viewing naked eye, with binoculars, and in my 8" telescope until it finally faded into the approaching daylight. One cool thing was when the ISS went by, we were able to see both in binoculars at the same time! The experience of being on the water and watching the celestial show at that peaceful hour was quite wonderful. Other memorable sights: Venus-shine on the water, a crescent Venus bumped up against Aldeberan with the Hyades in the background, Mars mingling with the Moon, the panorama of color in the glow of dawn, and as a finale, the glorious sunrise, watched in its entirety from the moment the Sun just peeked above the horizon.
On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 8:11 AM jimcoble2000 via groups.io <jimcoble2000=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
|
|