If you find the Big dipper and follow the handle from the end to the bowl and
then go diagonally across the bowl it should be between the bowl and the
horizon, maybe a third of the way up.
I was looking under the wrong end of the arc of the handle ...
I found an Online Planetarium that shows it:
https://theskylive.com/planetarium?objects=sun-moon-c2020f3-mercury-venus-mars-jupiter-saturn-uranus-neptune-pluto&localdata=35.8000%7C-78.6621%7CNorth+Carolina%2C+United+States+of+America%7CAmerica%2FNew_York%7C0&obj=c2020f3&h=00&m=40&date=2020-07-18#ra|8.68085929650676|dec|48.18736792394701|fov|80
There are several ways to enter your location. I used "drag the pin to your
location on the map and click confirm location".
"New York City, NY (US)" is one of the named places it recognizes (Raleigh is
not).
You can change the date & time to show exactly where it will be at the time
you're going out to look for it.
Seeing conditions were not as good as I hoped. I think there's lots of dust
still in the air from that Sahara dust storm that blew across the Atlantic.
Brilliant sunset, but the stars are blocked out.
On 7/16/2020 10:54:39, John wrote:
According to the article I read in the New York Times, it should be visible in
the Northwest about an hour after sunset.
Look for the Big Dipper; follow the arc of the handle & it should be 10° above
the horizon - that's about the width of your fist viewed at arms length.
I'll let y'all know how well that works for me tomorrow.
Star viewing conditions in cities are supposed to be improving as they switch
over to LED lighting that has less light wasted upward. They're saving money,
but it has beneficial side effects.
I noticed that when I went out to photograph the "Super Bloody Wolf Moon" lunar
eclipse last year. They built a parking lot right next to where I like to set up
my tripod, but the lights didn't seem to cause any problems because all of it
seemed to go down into the parking lot.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/46788015282
So if you can see the Big Dipper, you may be able to see the comet.
On 7/15/2020 09:26:20, ann sanfedele wrote:
I heard there was a place on line wher you could put in your location and the
date and it would tell you when you could view it but I couldn't find it..
I can't imagine I'd get lucky in the city .. wish I could
ann
On 7/14/2020 11:28 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote:
It's supposed to keep getting higher in the sky after sunset for about a week
On July 14, 2020 6:46:04 PM PDT, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
It may already be below the horizon at sunrise. I think it's supposed
to become
visible in the evening in a few days.
I hope so. Otherwise, I've missed it.
On 7/14/2020 03:47:23, David Mann wrote:
At least you get to try. When I checked I found that it's only above
the
horizon here for a couple of hours late morning / early afternoon. I
haven't
looked at its orbit so I don't know whether it's going to move to the
other
side of the sun later.
Cheers, Dave
On Jul 14, 2020, at 3:31 AM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
My first attempt this morning was a bust. Overcast & raining. Bright
sunshine now, but deep dark overcast before sunrise this morning.
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