Anyone else see the comet?

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JLinza

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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.
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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.
 
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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.
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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...


 
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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.

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No comet sighting up here it's been raining.

Chris
 
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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.
 
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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...


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.
 
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