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Reminder the Horizon special is on tonight at 9.15pm BBC2.Good website. http://www.mattastro.com/ison/Current best time to view is just before sunrise. Facing East. The comet is actually inside the orbit of Mercury at this time. It should be possible to see it with binoculars but it isn't recommended due to the proximity of the sun. A tracking telescope would be safer.Finder charts below. The bright star in the centre is Arcturus.[ATTACH=full]7424[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]7425[/ATTACH] Photograph from November 11th.[ATTACH=full]7426[/ATTACH]
Reminder the Horizon special is on tonight at 9.15pm BBC2.
Good website. http://www.mattastro.com/ison/
Current best time to view is just before sunrise. Facing East. The comet is actually inside the orbit of Mercury at this time. It should be possible to see it with binoculars but it isn't recommended due to the proximity of the sun. A tracking telescope would be safer.
Finder charts below. The bright star in the centre is Arcturus.
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Photograph from November 11th.
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