Had a look at Boattini Wednesday 21 May 2008 at 7:00pm from Perth. It looked great in the 12" Lightbridge. A faint fuzzy ball with a pinpoint nucleus but easily discernable.
Hi Proudy!
It's a nice sight isn't it! Hopefully it'll form a tail around perihelion or after, W1 will sink closer to the sun and set earlier each night, then re-appear in the morning sky after a few days behind the sun!
Attached is a CdC map showing the position of C/2007 W1 (Boattini) for the next seven days to come, as seen from Perth at 19:00, looking towards West. Your 20x90 binos might be your best bet to find it.
Last edited by Karlsson; 23-05-2008 at 08:17 AM.
Reason: corrected time zone error
I realised straight away after I purchased the 12" Lightbridge Dobby that I didn't have a hope of finding most objects effortlessly, so I made the Lightbridge a software guided scope (see signature). TheSky6 automatically downloads the comets ephemeris and I can usually get objects within 1 degree or 1 wide angle eyepiece FOV. Then its just a matter of a little hunting around. I can usually find faint fuzzies within a couple of minutes.
I couldn't see Boattini in the finderscope, but with a bit of averted vision and tapping the scope it revealed itself thru the eyepiece. So under city lights and without GOTO or a SGT scope at this stage it will be pretty hard to find unless your are good at star hopping!
