comet garrad

[xcoupeb]

hi folks hoping to get a photo of comet garrad tonight i have 2 questions - where is it in the sky at the moment and will i be able to make it out with my ed80??

[A23649 (Nathan)]

what magnitude is it sitting at and just for where it is get the info from wikipedia ( the J.2000 one). if it is very fain t you may not be able to make it out but give it a go anyway!

[xcoupeb]

Thanks Nathan will look it up

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Binos should show it. As at 21:50 AEST 2011-08-24

C/2009 P1 (Garradd)
Magnitude: 8.2
Phase: 18 °
Distance: 1.3911au
Solar distance: 2.2375au
Velocity: n/a
Estimated tail length: 0.02au
Date: 2011-08-24 21h45m12s
ref: 18/2011-08-27

Coordinates: Mean J2000 Topocentric
Mean J2000 RA: 20h04m08.28s DE:+18°33'43.6"

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

You can see it through binos

[WingnutR32 (Sam)]

Tried with 15x70 Orion binos last night.. No luck

Starry Night said best viewing at 9:50pm just under Altair. Could not for the life of me locate it from 9:30 - 10:30..

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Ditto here on Friday night 10 pm till 12.30 am. Could not see in binos or the 114 newt. And now the clouds have come in to kill the view.
Don't think I'm going to see this one.

[Liz]

Plenty of time for this one yet guys, and is still brightening slowly, so keep looking. Rising pretty early now, so should be easy to spot in the north west.

I havent seen it for awhile as been on holidays, but will catch it soon.

Have you all got Stellarium? Great to narrow it down to the group of stars around it.

[Osirisra (Ken)]

Saw it easily last night with binos, 90mm refractor and a 8" Dob, it right next to M71 at the moment.