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Comet Spotting
Phil Started conversation May 12, 2004
Has anyone been able to see either of the two bright comets yet?
C/2001 Q4 (Neat) and C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) OK so Linear isn't quite over the equator yet but this site is global 
Comet Spotting
Metal Chicken Posted May 14, 2004
Hurray! 
The clouds mostly cleared last night and I saw comet NEAT at last. A fuzzy patch in Cancer, seen through the binoculars, not far down from the Beehive cluster. Now hoping for another clear night and a chance to get the scope on it
Comet Spotting
Phil Posted May 14, 2004
It did look good, a nice fuzzy patch, easy to see in binoculars, even with the murk that is Manchester on the western horizon. Should look very good as it passes the beehive cluster in a couple of days or so time
Comet Spotting
Phil Posted May 16, 2004
And there it was last night just near to the behive cluster in Cancer. Lovely. Looking like a little bit of fluff up in the sky next to the jewels that are the stars
Couldn't see any elongation of it with either the binoculars or telescope but still was fairly easy in binoculars but not quite naked eye.
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