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After observing the comet in the 16cm reflector this afternoon, I decided to go mobile to try and find a thinning on the cirrus out to the west. Managed to find a spot where the high cloud wasn't as thick and pulled over right on sunset when the comet and 0.5 degree of tail was immediately seen in 15 x 70 binoculars. It soon dropped into the cirrus so I moved to a better location nearby with less obstructions on the horizon. The comet dropped through the cirrus and scatter cloud and the best views were at 17:18 EST when the coma and 1 degree of tail shone clearly through a thinner section of cirrus (see picture in the images thread) It was difficult to get a good brightness estimate but I think mag -3.0 would not be too far from the truth.
This is looking really good for the weekend.
Terry
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