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Old 01-02-2007, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Sonny View Post
Nice to see lots of impressive pictures of the comet. I tried to look for it from a hill top in Auckland since Jan 29. So far no luck! Yesterday was surprisingly a clear cloud free night, but still no sign of the comet. May be I should look for it around 5 AM when there is no moon to spoil the view! I have seen Ikeya Seki, Kouhutek, Hale Bop in the past without much trouble but this one is sure slippery!
Sonny, unless you have a dark location, I suggest you need some binocular help - 10 to 12 magnification should help you spot it and then you can see if it is naked eye visible. Over Melbourne skies it's very hard to spot naked eye now.
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