Anyone else see the comet?

[JLinza]

Finally caught the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet tonight. Could barely see it with the naked eye but got a pretty good shot with night mode on the camera turned on.

 

[Smoke-Chem BBQ]

Nice shots! We looked last night, but there are a LOT of tall pines around here. We would have had to drive aways to get a clear view of the horizon.

 

[JLinza]

Nice shots! We looked last night, but there are a LOT of tall pines around here. We would have had to drive aways to get a clear view of the horizon.

We have a ton of trees at our place too, got lucky with that shot. A friend up the road shared this one with us.

 

[JckDanls 07]

That's cool... I like catching sightings like that... I catch the ISS (space station) often going overhead... Use this site to see when it's veiwable from your area (zipcode)... Like I have 2 chances tomorrow morning as it goes so fast (1750+ MPH, 5miles a second) it only takes 1 1/2 hours to go around the earth... But a better/longer veiwing on Wed. morning (straight overhead) ...
Look for just a bright steady light (not flashing) and moving fast...

ISS observation

A localized list of ISS sighting opportunities. Find out when the International Space Station can be observed from your location.

www.astroviewer.net

 

[noboundaries]

My wife took this one tonight on her phone. We've got farmland about 10 minutes from the house, so out we went. Perfect dark sky viewing. Waxing gibbous moon was a bit too bright, though.

Ray

 

[WaterRat]

Caught it over the neighbor’s house. I thought about getting the telescope out but there were clouds moving through and I wasn’t sure I’d catch it. Was actually much darker than the photo. Nice comet, havent seen one that good for a while.

 

[gmc2003]

No comet sighting up here it's been raining.

Chris

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

It would be nice to see it but I am too close to LA. The light pollution prevents me from seeing most of the night sky. When I first bought my house it was a different story but "progress" has changed that in the last 25 years.

 

[WaterRat]

No comet sighting up here it's been raining.

Chris

It’s visible for a few more days, it was easy to see naked eye last night even in light polluted central Jersey. Binoculars help. Here’s a finder chart and link to a good article: https://skyandtelescope.org/astrono...et-tsuchinshan-atlas-the-best-is-yet-to-come/

 

[gmc2003]

We still have a blanket of clouds here

Chris

 

[Gonna Smoke]

We had clear skies, but I hadn't heard about it...

 

[Hijack73]

That's cool... I like catching sightings like that... I catch the ISS (space station) often going overhead... Use this site to see when it's veiwable from your area (zipcode)... Like I have 2 chances tomorrow morning as it goes so fast (1750+ MPH, 5miles a second) it only takes 1 1/2 hours to go around the earth... But a better/longer veiwing on Wed. morning (straight overhead) ...
Look for just a bright steady light (not flashing) and moving fast...

ISS observation

A localized list of ISS sighting opportunities. Find out when the International Space Station can be observed from your location.

www.astroviewer.net

So many nights I've spent catfishing on the lake just looking up...... Back 20 years ago I saw a crazy amount of satellites on any given night. You see less now (and you would think it would be more) but I can still spot 2 or 3 on any given night.

Nothing is as bright as the ISS though.

 

[noboundaries]

From the school grass across the street from our house. It was barely visible to the naked eye. The "night" camera setting did it's magic.

 

[texomakid]

14th over Lake Texoma