Bright Comet 2020 F8 Swan

[glenc (Glen)]

This image was taken by Gerald Rhemann on 03 May 2020 at UT 03h20m from Namibia.

http://www.astrostudio.at/2_Bright%2...V5HDqS-S9aXJ3I

[taminga16 (Greg)]

Could someone please put together a simple viewing guide hand drawn chart etc for the layman. I work for an elderly couple who struggle with mobile 'phones, but show them a sheep. Thanks. Greg.

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

Greg,the Comet Chasing site has an easy finder chart for the Comet.
https://cometchasing.skyhound.com/
Just down the page 2020/ F8 look for the link to the finder chart on the right hand side.

[WarpedSpacer (Claude)]

Hi


I have an issue re sky aligning my scope (CPC Celestron 8 inch) could anyone assist me. Im trying to put in the coordinates manually and for some reason it wont go to enter after i key in the numbers. My GPs doesnt seem to be working. Hope its OK me posting here but Ive waited so long for a clear sky since my scope arrived

[N1 (Mirko)]

Originally Posted by WarpedSpacer

Hi


I have an issue re sky aligning my scope (CPC Celestron 8 inch) could anyone assist me. Im trying to put in the coordinates manually and for some reason it wont go to enter after i key in the numbers. My GPs doesnt seem to be working. Hope its OK me posting here but Ive waited so long for a clear sky since my scope arrived

Hi Claude, I can't help you with your particular mount but if your telescope has a finder scope, just slew to it manually using the finder. The one on my photo scope is just a 6x30 and shows the comet no problem.

[doppler (Rick)]

The comet has a long ion tail , and it now looks like it's starting to develop a gas tail which should make things interesting.
Rick

[Rainmaker (Matt)]

Tomorrow it should be near the middle of a triangle formed by NGC145, 113 & 161 adjacent to the 5.7mag 12Cetus

[WarpedSpacer (Claude)]

Originally Posted by N1

Hi Claude, I can't help you with your particular mount but if your telescope has a finder scope, just slew to it manually using the finder. The one on my photo scope is just a 6x30 and shows the comet no problem.

Hi Mirko. Thanks for your reply. I think I have sorted the problem. My error as it turns out. Thanks again for your response


Regards


Claude

[Rainmaker (Matt)]

I spent the night social distancing at Tidbinbilla, west of Canberra. Lunar views till 11pm with 6" refractor, then a few hours of sleep before comet viewing from 4am with the 18" Excalibur. An impressive sight now, the tail has now brightened up markedly.

Four moderately bright meteors and two dozen very bright Starlinks.