Internet Banality wrote:

John Whisenhunt wrote:

Our group finally caught up with Comet 2006 M4 from a light-polluted school
site in south Texas. Very round, large, and soft coma - looked like maybe
10-15 arcminutes across, but no real tail.

exact same here- I was disappointed to see no hint of a tail. A fellow
club member got an incredible photo of it with his 10" lx200 - bright
green nucleus and long thin tail - his photo is the best Ive seen anywhere
on the net - but visually it shows no tail ???

It's there, but it is very faint and seen only with averted vision under
a dark sky.

Greg

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Greg Crinklaw
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Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

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