Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?

Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about when
i get out of here and to some clear skies.....

On 22/12/2021 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:
> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>
> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about when
> i get out of here and to some clear skies.....

**Cloudy with some light rain up here in Shitney.

On 22/12/21 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:
> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>
> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about when
> i get out of here and to some clear skies.....

Haven't looked yet but it was cloudy last night, if its clear tonight I
will try and see it, should be east to spot, apparently Venus, Jupiter
and Saturn will be aligned and the comet will be to their south a bit
higher in the sky.
What I did see a few weeks ago was SpaceX satellites which appeared to
be following each other, they seemed to be in a loop, one would
disappear at the front then another would appear at the rear of the 5.
They were in the east at about 45deg up at around 10.30pm.
From what I could find out they are for an internet network and there
is going to be 1500 of them.
I have an ap on my phone called Stellarium which helps identify objects
in the night sky.

--
Daryl

On 22/12/2021 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:

> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?

Didn't even know about it.

> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about when
> i get out of here and to some clear skies.....

I'll have to have a look....

--
--
--
Regards,
Noddy.

On Wednesday, 22 December 2021 at 23:51:42 UTC+11, lindsay wrote:
> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>
> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about when
> i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Didn`t know about that. I`ll have a look tonight. It`ll give me a reason to get the telescope out. :)

On 23/12/2021 8:17 am, Daryl wrote:
> On 22/12/21 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:
>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>>
>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
>> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about
>> when i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
>
> Haven't looked yet but it was cloudy last night, if its clear tonight I
> will try and see it, should be east to spot, apparently Venus, Jupiter
> and Saturn will be aligned and the comet will be to their south a bit
> higher in the sky.

10.00pm Venus will be near the ssw horizon (243 deg), the comet is
directly above it, in line with Jupiter which is to the right, nearly
the same distance as it's from Venus.

https://imgur.com/a/0NWfUrN This is from Starry Night. Great software,
can control my scopes if required, obviously does prediction, and not
all that exxy. Allowed to install it to multiple devices, so have it on
my desktop here, and on my laptop i use in the field...

> What I did see a few weeks ago was SpaceX satellites which appeared to
> be following each other, they seemed to be in a loop, one would
> disappear at the front then another would appear at the rear of the 5.
> They were in the east at about 45deg up at around 10.30pm.
> From what I could find out they are for an internet network and there
> is going to be 1500 of them.

Yet to see them, but the astronomy guys arent happy with them ruining
their photography...

> I have an ap on my phone called Stellarium which helps identify objects
> in the night sky.

I have a app called "sky map", which I thought was called Google sky....?
>

On 23/12/2021 11:59 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, 22 December 2021 at 23:51:42 UTC+11, lindsay wrote:
>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>>
>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
>> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about when
>> i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Didn`t know about that. I`ll have a look tonight. It`ll give me a reason to get the telescope out. :)

see my last to Daryl. the pic may help find it... We've had high wispy
cloud all day here. :-(

>

On 23/12/2021 8:30 am, Noddy wrote:
> On 22/12/2021 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:
>
>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>
> Didn't even know about it.
>
>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
>> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about
>> when i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
>
> I'll have to have a look....

Some astonishing pics of it going around...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-12-22/comet-leonard-photos-australia-southern-hemisphere/100718842

you and Daryl should both get a good view of it if the damn hi-level
cloud would piss off....
>
>
>

On 12/23/2021 7:10 PM, lindsay wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 11:59 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 22 December 2021 at 23:51:42 UTC+11, lindsay wrote:
>>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>>>
>>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
>>> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about
>>> when
>>> i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>   Didn`t know about that. I`ll have a look tonight. It`ll give me a
>> reason to get the telescope out. :)
>
> see my last to Daryl. the pic may help find it... We've had high wispy
> cloud all day here. :-(

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 No good here now, constant drizzle :((. Oh well.

>
>>
>

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On 23/12/2021 6:06 am, Trevor Wilson wrote:
> On 22/12/2021 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:
>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>>
>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
>> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about
>> when i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
>
> **Cloudy with some light rain up here in Shitney.

sounds like the last week here, sans the rain in melb. been pissing down
in east Gippsland...

ps: Bosch has a new site radio. has DAB+ and bluetooth. Winner! makes
mine obsolete. Got one before they were released to total tools. :-D

On 23/12/2021 7:34 pm, jonz wrote:
> On 12/23/2021 7:10 PM, lindsay wrote:
>> On 23/12/2021 11:59 am, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 22 December 2021 at 23:51:42 UTC+11, lindsay wrote:
>>>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>>>>
>>>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
>>>> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about
>>>> when
>>>> i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>   Didn`t know about that. I`ll have a look tonight. It`ll give me a
>>> reason to get the telescope out. :)
>>
>> see my last to Daryl. the pic may help find it... We've had high
>> wispy cloud all day here. :-(
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>  No good here now, constant drizzle :((. Oh well.
>
>

somewhat like your posts then, constant drivel..

--
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the enormous weight of his lies"- Alvey on the Fraudster

On 23/12/2021 7:25 pm, lindsay wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 8:30 am, Noddy wrote:
>> On 22/12/2021 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>>
>> Didn't even know about it.
>>
>>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
>>> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about
>>> when i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
>>
>> I'll have to have a look....
>
> Some astonishing pics of it going around...
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-12-22/comet-leonard-photos-australia-southern-hemisphere/100718842

Wow. They *are* impressive.
> you and Daryl should both get a good view of it if the damn hi-level
> cloud would piss off....

I'll have a peek later on tonight.

--
--
--
Regards,
Noddy.

On 23/12/21 7:08 pm, lindsay wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 8:17 am, Daryl wrote:
>> On 22/12/21 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:
>>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>>>
>>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
>>> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about
>>> when i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
>>
>> Haven't looked yet but it was cloudy last night, if its clear tonight
>> I will try and see it, should be east to spot, apparently Venus,
>> Jupiter and Saturn will be aligned and the comet will be to their
>> south a bit higher in the sky.
>
> 10.00pm Venus will be near the ssw horizon (243 deg), the comet is
> directly above it, in line with Jupiter which is to the right, nearly
> the same distance as it's from Venus.

Just went out for a look, I can see Venus because its so bright but too
cloudy in that direction to see much else, also at this time of year my
house is surrounded by Christmas lights so the light pollution is much
worse than usual.
>
> https://imgur.com/a/0NWfUrN  This is from Starry Night. Great software,
> can control my scopes if required, obviously does prediction, and not
> all that exxy. Allowed to install it to multiple devices, so have it on
> my desktop here, and on my laptop i use in the field...

I have a 6" Dobsonian which is manually controlled, maybe one day I
might buy one of those computer controlled scopes.

>
>> What I did see a few weeks ago was SpaceX satellites which appeared to
>> be following each other, they seemed to be in a loop, one would
>> disappear at the front then another would appear at the rear of the 5.
>> They were in the east at about 45deg up at around 10.30pm.
>>  From what I could find out they are for an internet network and there
>> is going to be 1500 of them.
>
> Yet to see them, but the astronomy guys arent happy with them ruining
> their photography...

I bet, its getting crowded up there.
>
>> I have an ap on my phone called Stellarium which helps identify
>> objects in the night sky.
>
> I have a app called "sky map", which I thought was called Google sky....?
>>
> I have used that on my computer but not as a phone app.

--
Daryl

On 23/12/2021 10:27 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 23/12/21 7:08 pm, lindsay wrote:

>> 10.00pm Venus will be near the ssw horizon (243 deg), the comet is
>> directly above it, in line with Jupiter which is to the right, nearly
>> the same distance as it's from Venus.
>
> Just went out for a look, I can see Venus because its so bright but too
> cloudy in that direction to see much else,

Yep. Can't see much.

--
--
--
Regards,
Noddy.

On 23/12/21 10:52 pm, Noddy wrote:

>
> Yep. Can't see much.
>
Poor eyesight, your *habits* will definitely do it! ;-)

--
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Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 23/12/2021 7:48 pm, lindsay wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 6:06 am, Trevor Wilson wrote:
>> On 22/12/2021 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:
>>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>>>
>>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks nothing
>>> like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up and about
>>> when i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
>>
>> **Cloudy with some light rain up here in Shitney.
>
> sounds like the last week here, sans the rain in melb. been pissing down
> in east Gippsland...
>
> ps: Bosch has a new site radio. has DAB+ and bluetooth. Winner! makes
> mine obsolete. Got one before they were released to total tools. :-D
>

**Nice. I just checked it out. Very cool.

On 12/23/2021 9:12 PM, Noddy wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 7:25 pm, lindsay wrote:
>> On 23/12/2021 8:30 am, Noddy wrote:
>>> On 22/12/2021 11:51 pm, lindsay wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone spotted the "christmas comet" Leonard?
>>>
>>> Didn't even know about it.
>>>
>>>> Found it after 3 nights of trying, and from melburg, it looks
>>>> nothing like what others have seen/posted... hopefully it's be up
>>>> and about when i get out of here and to some clear skies.....
>>>
>>> I'll have to have a look....
>>
>> Some astonishing pics of it going around...
>> https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-12-22/comet-leonard-photos-australia-southern-hemisphere/100718842
>
>
> Wow. They *are* impressive.
>> you and Daryl should both get a good view of it if the damn hi-level
>> cloud would piss off....
>
> I'll have a peek later on tonight.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Drizzle stopped, but still 8/8ths cloud here. Tomoz maybe.. ;)

>
>

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difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of
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Spafford, 1992

On 23/12/2021 10:27 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 23/12/21 7:08 pm, lindsay wrote:

> Just went out for a look, I can see Venus because its so bright but too
> cloudy in that direction to see much else, also at this time of year my
> house is surrounded by Christmas lights so the light pollution is much
> worse than usual.
>>
>> https://imgur.com/a/0NWfUrN  This is from Starry Night. Great
>> software, can control my scopes if required, obviously does
>> prediction, and not all that exxy. Allowed to install it to multiple
>> devices, so have it on my desktop here, and on my laptop i use in the
>> field...
>
> I have a 6" Dobsonian which is manually controlled, maybe one day I
> might buy one of those computer controlled scopes.

Dont rush. I have 3 of 'em, all do different jobs (deep space,
wide-field, and planets), and I just bought a heavy-duty tripod so I
could put one on it and find the comet without the buggerising around of
polar alignment.

Coz it's been so reasonable here temp wise, the sky's been full of
moisture and whispy cloud. It could've gone either way, so it went the
wrong way, and it's been overcast in SE Melburg. Hopefully, as it's
gunna warm up, the sky will clear, and we'll all get a peek.

>>> What I did see a few weeks ago was SpaceX satellites which appeared
>>> to be following each other, they seemed to be in a loop, one would
>>> disappear at the front then another would appear at the rear of the 5.
>>> They were in the east at about 45deg up at around 10.30pm.
>>>  From what I could find out they are for an internet network and
>>> there is going to be 1500 of them.
>>
>> Yet to see them, but the astronomy guys arent happy with them ruining
>> their photography...
>
> I bet, its getting crowded up there.

And Russia testing it's anti-sat prowess doesnt help anyone, inc Russia

On 26/12/21 8:27 pm, lindsay wrote:
> On 23/12/2021 10:27 pm, Daryl wrote:
>> On 23/12/21 7:08 pm, lindsay wrote:
>
>> Just went out for a look, I can see Venus because its so bright but
>> too cloudy in that direction to see much else, also at this time of
>> year my house is surrounded by Christmas lights so the light pollution
>> is much worse than usual.
>>>
>>> https://imgur.com/a/0NWfUrN  This is from Starry Night. Great
>>> software, can control my scopes if required, obviously does
>>> prediction, and not all that exxy. Allowed to install it to multiple
>>> devices, so have it on my desktop here, and on my laptop i use in the
>>> field...
>>
>> I have a 6" Dobsonian which is manually controlled, maybe one day I
>> might buy one of those computer controlled scopes.
>
> Dont rush. I have 3 of 'em, all do different jobs (deep space,
> wide-field, and planets), and I just bought a heavy-duty tripod so I
> could put one on it and find the comet without the buggerising around of
> polar alignment.
>
> Coz it's been so reasonable here temp wise, the sky's been full of
> moisture and whispy cloud. It could've gone either way, so it went the
> wrong way, and it's been overcast in SE Melburg.  Hopefully, as it's
> gunna warm up, the sky will clear, and we'll all get a peek.

It has been pretty crap for viewing the night sky for quite some time.
>
>>>> What I did see a few weeks ago was SpaceX satellites which appeared
>>>> to be following each other, they seemed to be in a loop, one would
>>>> disappear at the front then another would appear at the rear of the 5.
>>>> They were in the east at about 45deg up at around 10.30pm.
>>>>  From what I could find out they are for an internet network and
>>>> there is going to be 1500 of them.
>>>
>>> Yet to see them, but the astronomy guys arent happy with them ruining
>>> their photography...
>>
>> I bet, its getting crowded up there.
>
> And Russia testing it's anti-sat prowess doesnt help anyone, inc Russia
>

Sometime in the future retrieving and recycling old satellites will
become big business.

--
Daryl

On 27/12/2021 10:54 am, Daryl wrote:
> On 26/12/21 8:27 pm, lindsay wrote:
>> On 23/12/2021 10:27 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>> On 23/12/21 7:08 pm, lindsay wrote:
>>
>>> Just went out for a look, I can see Venus because its so bright but
>>> too cloudy in that direction to see much else, also at this time of
>>> year my house is surrounded by Christmas lights so the light
>>> pollution is much worse than usual.
>>>>
>>>> https://imgur.com/a/0NWfUrN  This is from Starry Night. Great
>>>> software, can control my scopes if required, obviously does
>>>> prediction, and not all that exxy. Allowed to install it to multiple
>>>> devices, so have it on my desktop here, and on my laptop i use in
>>>> the field...
>>>
>>> I have a 6" Dobsonian which is manually controlled, maybe one day I
>>> might buy one of those computer controlled scopes.
>>
>> Dont rush. I have 3 of 'em, all do different jobs (deep space,
>> wide-field, and planets), and I just bought a heavy-duty tripod so I
>> could put one on it and find the comet without the buggerising around
>> of polar alignment.
>>
>> Coz it's been so reasonable here temp wise, the sky's been full of
>> moisture and whispy cloud. It could've gone either way, so it went the
>> wrong way, and it's been overcast in SE Melburg.  Hopefully, as it's
>> gunna warm up, the sky will clear, and we'll all get a peek.
>
> It has been pretty crap for viewing the night sky for quite some time.

And hasnt really improved.... thought i'd have a crack last night. Cant
see it with the naked eye now, a strugle to find it with some quality
8x40 binocs, so cranked up Starry Night which gave me an idea where to
look. Pointed my slr with a 270mm tele lens in the general direction,
and took a few 6 second pics.

Had a look at them on my laptop, and discovered i'd taken a pic of a
meteor.! Sent it to the wife back in Melburg, and shes promptly told me
she can see the comet in the pic! Buggered if i could. (until she
pointed it out....) I've trimmed it, because a 6000x 4000 pic isnt small
and you'll spend an hour trying to find it... so here's the relevant bit
of the pic: https://imgur.com/a/AqcCg1J hard to focus on something you
cant see :-)

>>>>> What I did see a few weeks ago was SpaceX satellites which appeared
>>>>> to be following each other, they seemed to be in a loop, one would
>>>>> disappear at the front then another would appear at the rear of the 5.
>>>>> They were in the east at about 45deg up at around 10.30pm.
>>>>>  From what I could find out they are for an internet network and
>>>>> there is going to be 1500 of them.
>>>>
>>>> Yet to see them, but the astronomy guys arent happy with them
>>>> ruining their photography...

And china (lower case) are squealing that they (Spacex) are scaring
their chinanaughts. I guess they'll claim low earth orbit as theirs soon
enough. Give the Man in the Moon a virus too. Flogs.

>>> I bet, its getting crowded up there.
>>
>> And Russia testing it's anti-sat prowess doesnt help anyone, inc Russia
>>
>
> Sometime in the future retrieving and recycling old satellites will
> become big business.

I think NASA are already onto it. Grabbing Hubble was a good start. :-D
>

On 30/12/21 8:58 pm, lindsay wrote:
> On 27/12/2021 10:54 am, Daryl wrote:
>> On 26/12/21 8:27 pm, lindsay wrote:
>>> On 23/12/2021 10:27 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>> On 23/12/21 7:08 pm, lindsay wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just went out for a look, I can see Venus because its so bright but
>>>> too cloudy in that direction to see much else, also at this time of
>>>> year my house is surrounded by Christmas lights so the light
>>>> pollution is much worse than usual.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://imgur.com/a/0NWfUrN  This is from Starry Night. Great
>>>>> software, can control my scopes if required, obviously does
>>>>> prediction, and not all that exxy. Allowed to install it to
>>>>> multiple devices, so have it on my desktop here, and on my laptop i
>>>>> use in the field...
>>>>
>>>> I have a 6" Dobsonian which is manually controlled, maybe one day I
>>>> might buy one of those computer controlled scopes.
>>>
>>> Dont rush. I have 3 of 'em, all do different jobs (deep space,
>>> wide-field, and planets), and I just bought a heavy-duty tripod so I
>>> could put one on it and find the comet without the buggerising around
>>> of polar alignment.
>>>
>>> Coz it's been so reasonable here temp wise, the sky's been full of
>>> moisture and whispy cloud. It could've gone either way, so it went
>>> the wrong way, and it's been overcast in SE Melburg.  Hopefully, as
>>> it's gunna warm up, the sky will clear, and we'll all get a peek.
>>
>> It has been pretty crap for viewing the night sky for quite some time.
>
> And hasnt really improved....  thought i'd have a crack last night. Cant
> see it with the naked eye now, a strugle to find it with some quality
> 8x40 binocs, so cranked up Starry Night which gave me an idea where to
> look. Pointed my slr with a 270mm tele lens in the general direction,
> and took a few 6 second pics.

I had a look last night, Jupiter and Saturn where easily visible and
despite looking where my ap said the comet should be I didn't see anything.
Looking East instead of SW for the comet I did see the International
Space Station so it wasn't a total waste of time.
>
> Had a look at them on my laptop, and discovered i'd taken a pic of a
> meteor.! Sent it to the wife back in Melburg, and shes promptly told me
> she can see the comet in the pic!  Buggered if i could. (until she
> pointed it out....) I've trimmed it, because a 6000x 4000 pic isnt small
> and you'll spend an hour trying to find it... so here's the relevant bit
> of the pic: https://imgur.com/a/AqcCg1J  hard to focus on something you
> cant see :-)

No wonder I couldn't see it.
>
>>>>>> What I did see a few weeks ago was SpaceX satellites which
>>>>>> appeared to be following each other, they seemed to be in a loop,
>>>>>> one would disappear at the front then another would appear at the
>>>>>> rear of the 5.
>>>>>> They were in the east at about 45deg up at around 10.30pm.
>>>>>>  From what I could find out they are for an internet network and
>>>>>> there is going to be 1500 of them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yet to see them, but the astronomy guys arent happy with them
>>>>> ruining their photography...
>
> And china (lower case) are squealing that they (Spacex) are scaring
> their chinanaughts. I guess they'll claim low earth orbit as theirs soon
> enough. Give the Man in the Moon a virus too. Flogs.
>
>>>> I bet, its getting crowded up there.
>>>
>>> And Russia testing it's anti-sat prowess doesnt help anyone, inc Russia
>>>
>>
>> Sometime in the future retrieving and recycling old satellites will
>> become big business.
>
> I think NASA are already onto it. Grabbing Hubble was a good start. :-D
>>
>
They will need to get good at it if the various countries keep launching
so many satellites, at least SpaceX have mastered returning their first
stage rockets.

--
Daryl

On 30/12/2021 10:18 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 30/12/21 8:58 pm, lindsay wrote:
>> On 27/12/2021 10:54 am, Daryl wrote:
>>> On 26/12/21 8:27 pm, lindsay wrote:
>>>> On 23/12/2021 10:27 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>>> On 23/12/21 7:08 pm, lindsay wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just went out for a look, I can see Venus because its so bright but
>>>>> too cloudy in that direction to see much else, also at this time of
>>>>> year my house is surrounded by Christmas lights so the light
>>>>> pollution is much worse than usual.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://imgur.com/a/0NWfUrN  This is from Starry Night. Great
>>>>>> software, can control my scopes if required, obviously does
>>>>>> prediction, and not all that exxy. Allowed to install it to
>>>>>> multiple devices, so have it on my desktop here, and on my laptop
>>>>>> i use in the field...
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a 6" Dobsonian which is manually controlled, maybe one day I
>>>>> might buy one of those computer controlled scopes.
>>>>
>>>> Dont rush. I have 3 of 'em, all do different jobs (deep space,
>>>> wide-field, and planets), and I just bought a heavy-duty tripod so I
>>>> could put one on it and find the comet without the buggerising
>>>> around of polar alignment.
>>>>
>>>> Coz it's been so reasonable here temp wise, the sky's been full of
>>>> moisture and whispy cloud. It could've gone either way, so it went
>>>> the wrong way, and it's been overcast in SE Melburg.  Hopefully, as
>>>> it's gunna warm up, the sky will clear, and we'll all get a peek.
>>>
>>> It has been pretty crap for viewing the night sky for quite some time.
>>
>> And hasnt really improved....  thought i'd have a crack last night.
>> Cant see it with the naked eye now, a strugle to find it with some
>> quality 8x40 binocs, so cranked up Starry Night which gave me an idea
>> where to look. Pointed my slr with a 270mm tele lens in the general
>> direction, and took a few 6 second pics.
>
> I had a look last night, Jupiter and Saturn where easily visible and
> despite looking where my ap said the comet should be I didn't see anything.

too much shit in the sky...

> Looking East instead of SW for the comet I did see the International
> Space Station so it wasn't a total waste of time.
>>
>> Had a look at them on my laptop, and discovered i'd taken a pic of a
>> meteor.! Sent it to the wife back in Melburg, and shes promptly told
>> me she can see the comet in the pic!  Buggered if i could. (until she
>> pointed it out....) I've trimmed it, because a 6000x 4000 pic isnt
>> small and you'll spend an hour trying to find it... so here's the
>> relevant bit of the pic: https://imgur.com/a/AqcCg1J  hard to focus on
>> something you cant see :-)
>
> No wonder I couldn't see it.

Here's tonights effort.. beautiful clear sky here, for a change......
https://imgur.com/a/XIwR61E

>>
>>>>>>> What I did see a few weeks ago was SpaceX satellites which
>>>>>>> appeared to be following each other, they seemed to be in a loop,
>>>>>>> one would disappear at the front then another would appear at the
>>>>>>> rear of the 5.
>>>>>>> They were in the east at about 45deg up at around 10.30pm.
>>>>>>>  From what I could find out they are for an internet network and
>>>>>>> there is going to be 1500 of them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yet to see them, but the astronomy guys arent happy with them
>>>>>> ruining their photography...
>>
>> And china (lower case) are squealing that they (Spacex) are scaring
>> their chinanaughts. I guess they'll claim low earth orbit as theirs
>> soon enough. Give the Man in the Moon a virus too. Flogs.
>>
>>>>> I bet, its getting crowded up there.
>>>>
>>>> And Russia testing it's anti-sat prowess doesnt help anyone, inc Russia
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sometime in the future retrieving and recycling old satellites will
>>> become big business.
>>
>> I think NASA are already onto it. Grabbing Hubble was a good start. :-D
>>>
>>
> They will need to get good at it if the various countries keep launching
> so many satellites, at least SpaceX have mastered returning their first
> stage rockets.
>

On 30/12/21 11:36 pm, lindsay wrote:

> Here's tonights effort.. beautiful clear sky here, for a change......
> https://imgur.com/a/XIwR61E

Looks like it isn't easy to spot, I'll try again tonight.

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Daryl