Ikeya-Zhang

[low_delta]

Has anyone seen the comet? This site shows it is right alongside Cassiopeia, but I saw that constellation on Saturday night, and I couldn't see a comet. And that was out in the country, where we could see all kinds of stars. I guess the tail isn't very bright, and I thought the head was a star. I thought it would be easy to see, since I fist saw Hale-Bopp in my peripheral vision.

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[banana.livejournal.com]

Try barefoot in pyjamas.

More seriously, that site says look in the morning, before dawn. What time did you look?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

In the evening. Cass was about 30° above the horizon, and there was no light pollution from the moon (new) and there were no cities nearby.

[banana.livejournal.com]

Hmm. The only reason I can see why it would make a difference is that the comet might have been very low in the sky at the time you were looking, but later in the night it would be higher, and so perhaps clearer.

I had thought of waking up elder child to see it. Sounds like I needn't bother.

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Try barefoot in pyjamas
It didn't work ;)