OK...my wife, dogs and I are heading out to spot comet Neowise. no go...

[NRaleighLiberal]

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I'll report back...anyone observed it yet??? Supposed to be a good one. Bringing binoculars.

edited to add lower horizon had clouds, and we need to find a darker view of the NW sky. we'll try again tomorrow night

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Best of luck

I know from experience that light pollution prevents me from seeing it in my locale.

[LastDemocratInSC]

2. I know you're in WNC.

Have you visited the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman? It's a re-purposed NASA tracking station. Very interesting place.

https://www.pari.edu

[2naSalit]

3. I saw it this morning and will look again this evening.

It's a pretty pale blue. Might need binos, kind of small. In the morning it's a little way off to the left of Venus. In evening it's supposed to be under the Big Dipper. I also saw the ISS go by right after that too, it was a good sky watching morning as Venus and the moon are near each other, or were.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Got astro binocs on back order.

Been wanting some for years, and I can finally afford them, so this seemed like a particularly opportune occasion.

[yonder]

5. I headed out to some dark skies two mornings ago and it was plain as day,

spotting it before getting out of the car. In another day or so I'll go in a different direction to view it in the northwest sky.

[samnsara]

6. i live in a canyon and i can only see directly above me..

..all my friends and family have seen it. There are beautiful photos being posted of it over Puget Sound. I LOVE comets. Maybe another one will pass by soon.

[mnhtnbb]

7. One of my nephews caught this shot of it in from Colorado.

I've been out looking in the early morning from my balcony in Raleigh, but there's too much light from the city.