Comet McNaught. The brightest comet in the past three decades. And I have been unsuccessful in seeing it. And apparently it's visible in the daytime. So...
I tried around 1.30 this afternoon with no luck whatsoever. And I didn't just go out and hide the sun with a building and use binoculars.
I went out to our observatory, plugged up the optics, and used the shadows of the tubes to center the scopes on the sun. Then, using a white-light filter in our 4-inch TAK, I got the sun perfectly centered, then synced up in The Sky.
I slewed over to where the comet was, took off the filter, and saw.... nothing. Just to make sure everything was okay, I did another slew -- to Venus. Whammo! Venus was dead-center in the eyepiece. So back to where the comet was, and again... nothing.
I even tried our filters: OIII, UHC, and even a polarizer. Nada... nothing. Strike three.
So I packed up and went home to warm up.:)
Dunno if I will get to see it. I might cry.
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Sorry about that. I saw the comet accidentally. I went with a friend on the beach in Cape Town only for relaxing and having lunch. I was so glad that I mad some picture. You can see my best one on my blog :)
have a nice day *Andrea*
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