Using my 50 mm bino, found this comet 5.5 mag, about 12 deg above Polaris at 11:30 pm.
Half the Moon is out, I can only see a fuzzy smudge, barely visible, no color. >Lots of light pollution here from the city, idiot neighbors leaving lights on all night, like if electricity is free.
Unbelievable how ignorant people are about light pollution and the world is fighting wars for cheap energy, so stupid people can waste more!
There's one in Ukraine right now, already 200k people dead.
I'll try observing tomorrow or early morning again, hope I see it better.
Obviously, another blotted media information, green, naked eye comet, very bright, bla-bla!
I always fall for it.
On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:52:29 -0800 (PST), StarDust
wrote:
Using my 50 mm bino, found this comet 5.5 mag, about 12 deg above Polaris at 11:30 pm.once found with binoculars. Telescopically, it is a fuzzy gray spot.
Half the Moon is out, I can only see a fuzzy smudge, barely visible, no color.
Lots of light pollution here from the city, idiot neighbors leaving lights on all night, like if electricity is free.
Unbelievable how ignorant people are about light pollution and the world is fighting wars for cheap energy, so stupid people can waste more!
There's one in Ukraine right now, already 200k people dead.
I'll try observing tomorrow or early morning again, hope I see it better. I'm observing from very dark skies. It is barely visible naked eye
It does not show color to the eye under any skies. It does not show
much elongation to the eye, under any skies.
Unless you're into the challenge of faint fuzzies, this is a
photographic object, not a visual one.
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 10:20:36 AM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
Obviously, another blotted media information, green, naked eye comet, very bright, bla-bla!Every so often a comet really does live up to or exceed expectations.
I always fall for it.
If they weren't in the news some such comets will be missed.
And this one isn't a bad comet either.
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 7:54:51 AM UTC-8, W wrote:
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 10:20:36 AM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
Obviously, another blotted media information, green, naked eye comet, very bright, bla-bla!Every so often a comet really does live up to or exceed expectations.
I always fall for it.
If they weren't in the news some such comets will be missed.
And this one isn't a bad comet either.
Maybe in a large aperture telescope looks better?
But it was advertised as a naked eye comet or a binocular easy seen object. >To me, very disappointing !
On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:37:34 -0800 (PST), StarDust <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 7:54:51 AM UTC-8, W wrote:
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 10:20:36 AM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
Obviously, another blotted media information, green, naked eye comet, very bright, bla-bla!
I always fall for it.
Every so often a comet really does live up to or exceed expectations.
If they weren't in the news some such comets will be missed.
And this one isn't a bad comet either.
Maybe in a large aperture telescope looks better?
But it was advertised as a naked eye comet or a binocular easy seen object. >> To me, very disappointing !
Aperture never makes anything brighter. It only allows you to see it
larger, and this object is already large and only reasonably viewed at
low magnification.
Photographically it is as they described but nowhere near bright enough
to see in colour (by the sounds of it pretty diffuse and hard to spot
even in dark skies). I wonder if mine are even dark enough.
Aperture never makes anything brighter. It only allows you to see it
larger, and this object is already large and only reasonably viewed at
low magnification.
A bit like M33 then - bright on paper but very low surface brightness. I >reckon to see it clearly in binoculars M31 has to be naked eye visible.
On 31/01/2023 22:43, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:37:34 -0800 (PST),
Photographically it is as they described but nowhere near bright enoughOn Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 7:54:51 AM UTC-8, W wrote:
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 10:20:36 AM UTC-5, StarDust wrote:
Obviously, another blotted media information, green, naked eye comet, very bright, bla-bla!
I always fall for it.
to see in colour (by the sounds of it pretty diffuse and hard to spot
even in dark skies). I wonder if mine are even dark enough.
Every so often a comet really does live up to or exceed expectations.
If they weren't in the news some such comets will be missed.
And this one isn't a bad comet either.
Maybe in a large aperture telescope looks better?
But it was advertised as a naked eye comet or a binocular easy seen object.
To me, very disappointing !
Aperture never makes anything brighter. It only allows you to see it larger, and this object is already large and only reasonably viewed atA bit like M33 then - bright on paper but very low surface brightness. I reckon to see it clearly in binoculars M31 has to be naked eye visible.
low magnification.
We had 8/8 thick solid cloud last night. Maybe tonight will be better.
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