Good point. Wonder if the Covid will be gone?If you miss comet Neowise this time around, you can catch it again in 6,000 years or so. I've read that the best time to view it is about an hour after sunset and an hour before sunrise in the Northwestern sky below the Big Dipper.
I missed it. Didn't go out. Really tired and too many clouds at the NW horizon.Still no joy on the comet.
But the ISS flyover tonight was impressive .
I'm seeing observed magnitudes reported around 1.6 as of yesterday. It's apparently a lot brighter than it had been expected to be.You really have to be in a “dark zone” to easily spot the comet with the naked eye. And I mean dark zone in astronomy terms, not just outside of town. In a fairly dark area it’s visible after finding where to look if you got good eyes.
It’s closer to 2.5 magnitude now, which is measured by total light output so a lower magnitude pinpoint can be brighter since the light reflected from the comet and its tail are factored.
A pair of large objective (50mm) binoculars are probably the most convenient method. Find a bright Star or look at Jupiter (brightest thing in the night sky right now) to get the focus right before hunting the comet.
The star map shown above is an excellent guide.
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The app I have might not be accurate. It does seem to conflict with most other sources.
At the same time Merak, Star at the bottom of the big dippers scoops, it magnitude 2.6 and is obvious to the naked eye. So I really don’t know. It’s definitely appears dimmer to me but with the way magnitude is calculated I’m not sure if the tail adds enough light to bring it up or not. Or maybe it’s just light on the horizon mind fucking me. Idk.
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Probably, but keep in mind that it has been getting dimmer for several days now, and will continue to get dimmer (from our perspective) for the next three thousand years or so.The comet is now visible naked eye if you have a dark horizon to the northwest away from city lights. It is below the bowl of the Big Dipper, and moving higher to the left of the Dipper each day.