Has anyone spotted neowise yet?

[dragonrider]

Haven't seen it yet. It has been too cloudy here, for the past couple of days.

 

[downwardsfromzero]

Here's a nice pic of it (not mine!):

Comet Neowise over Golden, Colorado

Skies have cleared here and the week ahead looks promising.

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The Sky This Week: Watch Comet NEOWISE morning and night | Astronomy.com

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[Sunnyside]

That is a beautiful picture which Mr. Zero posted.

Friday morning I got a look at it with binoculars.

Sky was somewhat cloudy, so even if I did have capable equipment, I couldn't have produced a photo like that. In my photos, a person might say "ok, yeah, there is a blurry star-thing, low on the horizon".

But I'm glad I got a look.

In a few days, I'll drive in the late afternoon to try to get a look.

 

[null24]

It's been too cloudy in the AM here too. DFZ- whoa! That's it? That looks like more than 5 degrees...magic of photography...
Sunnyside, that's more what I expect to see. Is it pretty easy to pick out? There's a ton of light pollution here, I don't have my hopes up. I'm just always up at dawn anyway...

 

[Sunnyside]

It's been too cloudy in the AM here too. DFZ- whoa! That's it? That looks like more than 5 degrees...magic of photography...
Sunnyside, that's more what I expect to see. Is it pretty easy to pick out? There's a ton of light pollution here, I don't have my hopes up. I'm just always up at dawn anyway...

I am in the city here, so at 3am I drove out into the desert, merely an hour, to get away from the light pollution.
Venus was dominant, but hazed over, so I knew it was a longshot.
That actually might be your bellwether - if you can see Venus pretty well, you should have a chance, I guess.
I scanned with naked-eyes, no luck, but put on the binoculars, and sure enough, there's a fuzzy tail. Even through the wispy clouds.
I'm glad I saw it, and I'll look again, but I can't take those 'magic' pictures, like you say.
The sunrise was spectacular, at least, with those wispy's.

 

[null24]

On an aside, can I change my name from null to neowise?

Nevermind.

 

[null24]

WISPR got a good look

 

[Cognitive Heart]

Here it was in all its glory! Right outside my town overlooking Cape Rich. :thumb_up:

 

[downwardsfromzero]

I've seen it! But I don't have a good enough camera lens for it to be worth me taking any pictures of it. This is the first time, in all my years, that I've managed to see a comet with my own eyes (although my memories for quite a few years are distinctly hazy).