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For skywatchers with small telescopes, a striking green comet is visible in the night sky.
Comet Swan [image] has been an early morning comet but has now moved into the evening sky. The Big Dipper can serve as a guide to finding it.
According to SpaceWeather.com, Swan’s green color indicates it has a lot of the poisonous gas cyanogen and diatomic carbon. Whatever, just take a look if you can. Here is a map.
October 14th, 2006 at 4:39 am
Oct 13th just finished viewing Comet Swan Off the Handle of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major), much brighter than expected, using Orions’s 120MM 4.7 inch Richfield Refractor just under 20X and ETX90…
Popped into view immediately with first scan using the Richfield, tho light-glow from near town, Nucleus was rather bright, in the ETX90 even at just 50X image was rather large, impressive object to watch, anxious to catch it around 16th and 17th October as will be right on Star Seginus in Bootes….WARREN ..
October 15th, 2006 at 4:04 am
I anticipate targeting and observing Comet Swan over the Chicago Skyline during the next few evenings, and what I have been reading - might pick it up despite the glow of the city.
Chicago Astronomer Joe
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October 18th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
is the comet still visabl 10/17/2006 from Boston area