A naked eye comet in the eastern sky

Bill · 2004-05-17, 02:45 AM

About 10:20 pm eastern time last night I was able to see the second comet of 2004, comet NEAT.

Cool.

It had been too cloudy here for the past week plus, but it cleared enough to see it. It's a small fuzzy "star" to the naked eye. but looks a bit more comet-like with binoculars. I couldn't recognize it as a comet until I found it with binocs, it was too undistinct to recognize as anything until I learned how to find it with lenses, but after I found it I could pick it out by eye alone.

It's not impressive, you would never notice it unless you were looking for it.

I gather there's a third comet coming up in late may and june.

I saw the space station buzz past jupiter a few days ago, like a bright star moving steadily across the sky, going from one end of the dome of the sky to the other in about 3 minutes. Also cool.

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2004-05-17, 02:45 AM	#5
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	About 10:20 pm eastern time last night I was able to see the second comet of 2004, comet NEAT. Cool. It had been too cloudy here for the past week plus, but it cleared enough to see it. It's a small fuzzy "star" to the naked eye. but looks a bit more comet-like with binoculars. I couldn't recognize it as a comet until I found it with binocs, it was too undistinct to recognize as anything until I learned how to find it with lenses, but after I found it I could pick it out by eye alone. It's not impressive, you would never notice it unless you were looking for it. I gather there's a third comet coming up in late may and june. I saw the space station buzz past jupiter a few days ago, like a bright star moving steadily across the sky, going from one end of the dome of the sky to the other in about 3 minutes. Also cool.