20-October-2007, 05:00 AM
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Comet LONEOS now visible in binoculars at sunset
From the Sky and Telescope website:
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Comet LONEOS. A nice little comet is currently visible in binoculars — with difficulty — very low in the west at the end of twilight. Comet LONEOS, C/2007 F1, is lower left of Arcturus at dusk, currently 5th magnitude and brightening toward a possible 4th-magnitude peak at October's end. It's heading southeast (leftward above the dusk horizon as seen from mid-northern latitudes) day by day. Telescopes show it with a pale gray-green head and a long, thin gas tail. Ephemeris and charts.
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