Totally OFF: Comet and Dream

[M Holmes]

Johan Edlundh writes:

> Hi,
> Saturday night I had a sauna session with some friends, and was (almost)
> naked out in the snow and the chilly night. We saw the comet in the
> starlight sky, no problem to see it with bare, but slightly dizzy eyes. It
> was a mighty feeling, but the winter become mightier - and we returned
> inside to the hot sauna.

I managed to see the comet about halfway between the Plough and Arcturus
on early Sunday morning. Lotsa skyglow so it didn't look like much
except a fuzzier and dimmer version of Venus but a tail was clearly
visible with low power binoculars. I gotta try to see it from somewhere
darker though.

FoFP