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Old 03-11-2007, 12:07 PM
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Well I got to see it last night and it is sure something to see

Picked the wife up from work and noticed when arriveing home that most of the sky to the north had cleared.. I hadn't a clue were to look as the rain and cloud this week has been pretty full on .A quick look on the net and its pretty easy to find..Starting in taurus with aldebaran three bright stars
line up as you drop down towards the northern horizen into
perseus, the california nebula nearby is the only object I recall looking at down this way before.. a smallish triangle can be made of the three stars down there , the comet being the one to the east if i remember right.. looking into my finder with a 13 mm nagler this object is already pretty impressive .. drop in a 28 mm for 46x in my 10" and it almost fills the view ,very impressive sight . I hope you guys down south get a shot at this one
even as it transits here its still fairly low in the north .. My northern horizen is fairly clean
and it didn't really become easily visible until aroun 1.30 - 2.00.
theres a lookout not far from home i might have to visit tonight that overlooks the ocean.

take care

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