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Originally Posted by iceman
You can't miss it, Phil!
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Regrettably from light-polluted suburban Melbourne skies with the odd tree in the way, it was just missable
. The haze combined with horizon clutter was just too much, and by the time the comet rose high enough the twilight was too bright. I could see NGC6231 in the binos no probs so was in the right area too. In a day or two the comet'll be well above my horizon. But ... had a lovely hour or so under a pretty clear sky around dawn with the LMC, Eta Car and Omega Cen visible to naked eye, and a bit of Milky Way too. Mercury visible late on too. So not all lost!
And some of the photos on here today are exceptional
, and definitely make up for missing the main show of the morning. The time-lapse video is beautiful too.
andy