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Daytime observations from Adelaide
What can I say. We have beautiful clear skies here in Adelaide, and I am lying on my lawn chair in the shade of my house at 4pm observing a comet!
Not posting to gloat, just to give those with less favourable conditions some news to read.
With 12x50 binos, I can see quite a bit of detail. The nucleus is more than just a pin point. There is a bright halo around the nucleus, with part of the tail visible and fanning out quite wide, trailing almost directly east.
Also used my 200mm f/6 with 40mm eyepiece. This was a bit tricky to set up with the sun that close to the field. Less tail visible, in fact the view in 12x50s is better.
Can't wait to see how long the tail appears at twilight.
Ivan
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