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Hey all!
I managed to view W1 last night from Walcha! It was very VERY windy here yesterday and last night it nearly blew me off the hill i was observing from.
I had to park the Hilux into the wind and either sit in the drivers seat and look through the windscreen at it with the bins or i opened the top half of the rear canopy doors and use the glass as a shield from the wind! Anyways...i got my obs in, i first spotted W1 @ 5:50pm EST and made my obs at 6:15pm!
m1= 4.2; Dia= 15'; DC= 5; 7x50 binoculars, no tail seen, moonlight affected naked eye viewing and i was unable to make it out naked eye being so close to the horizon as well!
W1 will set around 7pm tonight! It made closest approach to Earth yesterday and perihelion is not until the 23rd of June when it will be in the morning sky!
I did take some tripod pics last night through the rear canopy glass, it is a bit wobbly but it was blowing a gale!!!! I'll post a pic later today!
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