Hi,dx
Tonight,comet lulin should be very near the star Regulus in Leo.Spot(use your naked eye) saturn then look westward for a bright star-thats Regulus.To be more accurate,draw a virtual line joining spica and saturn,then extend it westward-the first bright star it hit is Regulus.,but bear in mind;dont "draw" that line with a telescope,or else you will be lost in a sea of stars!The pass 3 nights present HOPELESS viewing condition.I stay up till 3am before I give up!Hope that tonight will be better.Thanks
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Hi Super thanks for the info.......but it is too technical for me. I can't recognize the stars so u see i only ask for what time the saturn & the comet come out, and which direction should i look at, east, north east or so and the angle, so I look straight up 90 degree from horizon or 45 degree.........i will just try the luck. Many thanks.superiorstream wrote:Hi,dx
Tonight,comet lulin should be very near the star Regulus in Leo.Spot(use your naked eye) saturn then look westward for a bright star-thats Regulus.To be more accurate,draw a virtual line joining spica and saturn,then extend it westward-the first bright star it hit is Regulus.,but bear in mind;dont "draw" that line with a telescope,or else you will be lost in a sea of stars!The pass 3 nights present HOPELESS viewing condition.I stay up till 3am before I give up!Hope that tonight will be better.Thanks
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Hi,dx
To make it simple,about 11.30pm tonight,if the cloud permit(pray that there is no cloud)look straight up,vertically-you will see a bright star-thats Regulus; look slightly south of it-I really mean slightly or just beside it, if you are luckly you will see a hazy GREEN patch-thats lulin.You know something,our sky is really hopeless,the useful part lies in a cone 45 degree to the vertical and so knowing when it rises is useless.To be frank yesterday night I observe it between 10:10;and 11:20pm.Its really dim and I have to use a 120mm refractor plus averted vision to see it.,but one thing lovely about this comet is that it move really fast-so if you photo it in 10.10 ;then photo it again in 11.20 say,and if it had moved you can be sure it lulin.Happy observing!
To make it simple,about 11.30pm tonight,if the cloud permit(pray that there is no cloud)look straight up,vertically-you will see a bright star-thats Regulus; look slightly south of it-I really mean slightly or just beside it, if you are luckly you will see a hazy GREEN patch-thats lulin.You know something,our sky is really hopeless,the useful part lies in a cone 45 degree to the vertical and so knowing when it rises is useless.To be frank yesterday night I observe it between 10:10;and 11:20pm.Its really dim and I have to use a 120mm refractor plus averted vision to see it.,but one thing lovely about this comet is that it move really fast-so if you photo it in 10.10 ;then photo it again in 11.20 say,and if it had moved you can be sure it lulin.Happy observing!