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Comet this week
« on: March 10, 2013, 07:54:36 PM »
http://www.spaceweather.com/

Pan Sars has already been seen in the northern hemisphere, it will seem to grow for the next few days .

Soon after sunset look west , by the 13th it will be near a cresent moon.

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Re: Comet this week
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2013, 08:25:34 PM »
Keeping our eyes and binoculars peeled    8)
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Re: Comet this week
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2013, 10:04:52 PM »
I am a biy dissapointed.

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Re: Comet this week
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2013, 12:05:14 AM »
I was not getting much of a view of the comet , the problem was lots of ambient light.

Then my nephew showed me a trick.

He set his cell phone camera to show a negative image , pointed it at the comet and voilla there was a clear view of the comet and its tail, in reverse color.


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Re: Comet this week
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2013, 02:07:08 AM »
Coooool     8)
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