Six members of our club went to the mountain last night to get a good look at Comet Neat in M44.
The viewing was excellent for about 3 hours. The Comet was quite nice with a very bright core and about a 3° tail visable. We watched as it occulted a star next to it and that was pretty cool. It was pretty large in size and bright, the tail was not really bright but it was distinct. No one was doing any photography so nothing to post.
One unusual thing we did observe was some sort of straight line that ran from Jupiter to the south for about 5-8° that looked like a ray of light. Must have been an atmospheric phenomena. It did not appear on the other side of Jupiter though which was very strange.
Floyd
The viewing was excellent for about 3 hours. The Comet was quite nice with a very bright core and about a 3° tail visable. We watched as it occulted a star next to it and that was pretty cool. It was pretty large in size and bright, the tail was not really bright but it was distinct. No one was doing any photography so nothing to post.
One unusual thing we did observe was some sort of straight line that ran from Jupiter to the south for about 5-8° that looked like a ray of light. Must have been an atmospheric phenomena. It did not appear on the other side of Jupiter though which was very strange.
Floyd
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