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Church under the comet
Drove the 160km(100mi) to Canberra last Monday night (Oct 21). This church is out in the country with no artificial lighting or light pollution. I timed my departure to be at this church at twilight & comet time.
As I pulled up, I saw a familiar face, long time work colleague and friend was there as well. Lance had enrolled in one of my astrophotography workshops earlier this year and we had come to this church on our field trip. He had now returned to the scene of the crime.
The comet remains visible to the naked eye with about 8 degrees of tail, 12 degrees in 15x70 binoculars. Coma/nucleus is about magnitude 4.5.
Joe
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