[ATMoB-discuss] Comet McNaught

[E.Talmadge Mentall]

Dave,

I got out there about 4:45 and spotted the comet about 4:55. I watched it
for about 15 minutes until it was beginning to dim in the atmospheric
haze, and started playing peek-a-boo in a layer of clouds. Twenty minutes
after five was really too late to start looking for it. It was about two
or three finger's width above the horizon.

Tal



On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:52:47 -0500 "Dave Snay" <dksdad1 at charter.net>
writes:
> Tal,
> 
> What time was that? I was out at 5:20 and couldn't find it. My view 
> isn't
> terrific. I'm wondering how low on the horizon it was.
> 
> ttfn,
> Dave
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: atmob-discuss-bounces at atmob.org [mailto:atmob-discuss-
> > bounces at atmob.org] On Behalf Of E.Talmadge Mentall
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:47 PM
> > To: atmob-discuss at atmob.org
> > Subject: [ATMoB-discuss] Comet McNaught
> > 
> > 
> > I just came in from viewing Comet McNaught over the Wachusett 
> Reservoir
> > in Clinton. The sky was still relatively bright when I first 
> spotted it,
> > and I thought that it was a short aircraft vapor trail. It was 
> not
> > naked-eye for me. I was using a pair of Meade 8 x 42 binoculars. I 
> lost
> > the "vapor trail" for a few minutes while I was scanning for the 
> comet,
> > and as the sky darkened, suddenly there it was! The "vapor trail" 
> was
> > unmistakably the comet. The head looked starlike, with a nice 
> tail.
> > 
> > Tal
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