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    From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to All on Tue Oct 15 09:10:00 2024
    The naked-eye comet is a must-see in the evening sky just after sunset

    Space Weather News for Oct. 14, 2024
    https://spaceweather.com
    https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com

    COMET TSUCHINSHAN-ATLAS HAS AN 'ANTI-TAIL': Today is a special day for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Earth is passing through the comet's orbital plane, and this

    is causing the comet to sprout a rare 'anti-tail.' It's a gorgeous sight in the

    evening sky, so bright that you can photograph it using ordinary smartphones. Full Story @ Spaceweather.com (https://spaceweather.com) .

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  • From Ed Vance@21:1/175 to Dumas Walker on Tue Oct 15 17:24:26 2024
    I read about the Comet yesterday.
    Last night at sunset the sky here was overcast so didn't see anything.
    I will look again tonight.
    Ed
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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to Ed Vance on Wed Oct 16 10:34:00 2024
    Ed Vance wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    I read about the Comet yesterday.
    Last night at sunset the sky here was overcast so didn't see anything.
    I will look again tonight.

    Yeah it has been cloudy the past two or so nights here, after being so
    clear for so long. ;) I hope it is still around this weekend. I plan to
    be out either Friday or Saturday in an area with a lot less light polution.

    Mike


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  • From Ed Vance@21:1/175 to Dumas Walker on Thu Oct 17 10:59:49 2024


    Yeah it has been cloudy the past two or so nights here, after being so
    clear for so long. ;) I hope it is still around this weekend. I plan to
    be out either Friday or Saturday in an area with a lot less light polution.

    Mike

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    Yesterday I was 15 minutes late to look out the window and the sky was mostly clear with a few clouds

    Maybe if I start looking out the west window at 7PM I could see the comet and take a snapshot of it
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  • From Ed Vance@21:1/175 to Dumas Walker on Fri Oct 18 15:14:23 2024

    The sky is clear right now
    Maybe I will get a look see at the Comet this evening .
    Yesterday I missed the time of sunset due to a honeydo.
    Ed
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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to ED VANCE on Mon Oct 21 09:06:00 2024
    The sky is clear right now
    Maybe I will get a look see at the Comet this evening .
    Yesterday I missed the time of sunset due to a honeydo.

    I got to see it on Friday and Saturday evening. It looks like a very
    bright star or planet -- seeing the tail requires a camera. I think they over-hyped this one a bit, but I was still glad to finally see it.

    Mike


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  • From Ed Vance@21:1/175 to Dumas Walker on Thu Oct 24 18:52:51 2024


    I got to see it on Friday and Saturday evening. It looks like a very
    bright star or planet -- seeing the tail requires a camera. I think they over-hyped this one a bit, but I was still glad to finally see it.

    Mike

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    I saw it tonight at 7:20PM.
    Took pictures of it Tuesday and Wednesday.
    Glad you got to see it too.
    Yes, there isn't a tail, just a bright spot in the sky after the Sun has set.

    Here it is about 45 Degrees left of due West and about 40 Degrees angle above ground.

    My thoughts are the tail forms when it is real close to the Sun.
    And the tail points towards the Sun.

    Because it is moving away from our Sun there isn't any tail now.

    I noticed the bright spot last week but didn't associate it being the comet

    I thought this comet would have been larger than just a tiny star-like spot in the sky.
    I probably thought that way because as a youngster the books that had pictures of Halley's Comet had a large illustration of that comet.

    Another time to prove that I'm not a Mister-Know-It-All, I just act like one. Ed
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