Hi Greg,
I tried using Stellarium to find the comet last night and struggled for quite a while. In the end I found a finder chart from Cometwatch, which showed the comet in a slightly different spot and found it almost straight away - perhaps I/we are using older versions of Stellarium??
The chart I used with success last night can be found here:
http://www.cometwatch.co.uk/wp-conte...18/10/46p3.jpg
Ben
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Originally Posted by Greggles
Hi every one,
Any tips on observing the comet? I was searching for about 2 hours last night before I gave up.
According to its location on stellarium I was looking in the right place and it should of been in my FOV but couldn't identify it (or at least couldn't distinguish between it and a star) The location on stellarium seemed to slightly differ from one of the online sources, has any one else had this issue?
My equipment and location may also be the reason why I cant see it. I am looking through a cheap 76/700 in light polluted sydney skys. I thought it still be identifiable though?
Thanks for your help,
Greg
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