I am wondering if anyone is doing their own light curve analyses? I have been following the Calsky ephemeris for about a month now, and slowly the peak brightness has moved from a predicted mag 5.5 to mag 4. It is showing no signs of being revised down either as the days go on. I am wondering if this comet is going to be more spectacular than people are expecting. then again i am known to get my hopes up
http://www.calsky.com/csephem.cgi?ob...=2073554981416
It would also be much appreciated if someone can enlighten me as to what the "slowdown" portion of the light curve means, and why it did not feature on the light curve up till now?
At the moment though, it certainly isnt going to have the wow factor the average joe desires when looking for a comet.
i so far have failed to convince the family to stand outside for a few minutes with the binos only to find a fuzzy faint blob. haha.
i have a feeling about this one though, that Mr Lovejoy is going to give us a very nice late Christmas present.