Re: Comet Hyakutake

[wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob Wier)]

>
>>   For just viewing Hyakutake, 7X binoculars are great.  
>
>Direct viewing is also fine. The cloud around the nucleus is very distinct.
>The tail is very faint (without a time exposure), but apparently that's stanard
>for comets.
>
>John R

I went out about 2 AM local last evening (Sunday) to take a look
after the cold front went thur. Pretty spectacular - I'd guess that the
tail was perhaps 25 degrees in length. But I couldn't look very long - the
wind chill was fairly brutal and my eyes stopped focusing very well after
about 5 minutes. This is MUCH more spectacular than was Halley (IMHO :-)

The tail was right in front of the end star in the Big Dipper's handle.

THANKS

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