Daytime McNaught - 2 attachments

After many evenings and one morning trying to see McNaught, I
finally caught it - in broad daylight. After hearing that
others have done it I gave it a shot.

Since I have an old scope with manual setting circles, I had
to center on the sun to reset my circles. Then, first, I moved
to Venus because I've seen her in daylight before so I knew
what to expect. This confirmed my navigations skills via the
setting circles were still good. I normally star hop.

So, then I move to McNaught's co-ordinates and wham! There it
is!! I'm not practiced at determining brightness, but it
appeared about twice as bright as Venus, albeit fuzzier. I
could even make out some of the tail.

However, it was telescope only. Couldn't find either the comet
nor Venus naked eye. I've seen Venus with Mk. 1's several times
so was surprised I couldn't this time.

Anyway, I used my home made digital camara mount to take some
pics. Here's the best one. First au natural, then enhanced.

Taken at 2:24 PM Pacific time from the LA area.

Brian
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"Skywise" wrote in message
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After many evenings and one morning trying to see McNaught, I
finally caught it - in broad daylight. After hearing that
others have done it I gave it a shot.

Since I have an old scope with manual setting circles, I had
to center on the sun to reset my circles. Then, first, I moved
to Venus because I've seen her in daylight before so I knew
what to expect. This confirmed my navigations skills via the
setting circles were still good. I normally star hop.

So, then I move to McNaught's co-ordinates and wham! There it
is!! I'm not practiced at determining brightness, but it
appeared about twice as bright as Venus, albeit fuzzier. I
could even make out some of the tail.

However, it was telescope only. Couldn't find either the comet
nor Venus naked eye. I've seen Venus with Mk. 1's several times
so was surprised I couldn't this time.

Anyway, I used my home made digital camara mount to take some
pics. Here's the best one. First au natural, then enhanced.

Taken at 2:24 PM Pacific time from the LA area.

Brian
--
http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism
Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html
Quake "predictions": http://www.skywise711.com/quakes/EQDB/index.html
Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?

Good job, Brian. I suspect I'll not get to see this one. Still raining
here.

George