Thread: Comet P/46
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Old December 7th 18, 03:31 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Chris L Peterson
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Default Comet P/46

On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 00:55:15 -0800 (PST), StarDust
wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkzbaI9nxBc

This data was taken December 1 and December 4, 2018. This comet is expected to be seen by the unaided eye by the middle of December and is easily seen in binoculars and a telescope right now.


I had no problem seeing it a few nights ago with averted vision. Found
it first in binoculars (huge and bright), then visually. So yeah, as
it brightens, it's likely to be an easy naked eye object under
reasonably dark skies.