by Chris Peterson » Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:31 pm
Boomer12k wrote:Went out last night, could not find it...is it naked eye????
We do not have a clear horizon. Many tree block the way at the west end of the street....
It is naked eye if you have clear, transparent skies and know where to look. It is easily missed, however. What I find works is to locate it first with binoculars, which is easy (if you are looking in about the right place), and then to find it visually without using the binoculars.
It takes very little haze to brighten up the sky enough that you can't find the comet. It should be easy in the few minutes before setting, but that presumes you have a very low western horizon.
[quote="Boomer12k"]Went out last night, could not find it...is it naked eye????
We do not have a clear horizon. Many tree block the way at the west end of the street....[/quote]
It is naked eye if you have clear, transparent skies and know where to look. It is easily missed, however. What I find works is to locate it first with binoculars, which is easy (if you are looking in about the right place), and then to find it visually without using the binoculars.
It takes very little haze to brighten up the sky enough that you can't find the comet. It should be easy in the few minutes before setting, but that presumes you have a very low western horizon.