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turbo
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I just checked and I seem to have misplaced my welders' glass. May have to go buy another...
davenn said:...last nite I managed, for the first time, to spy C/2012 K5 (LINEAR): An evening comet visible in binoculars. it was ~ 20-30 deg above my nthrn horizon and just visible as a fuzzy blob in my 7x50 bino's. The sky was quite bright towards the horizon, the joys of doing astronomy in a large city.
Tonite I will get the scope out and have a better view :) It will be higher up as it moves through Taurus over the next few days.
Cheers
Dave
JPL said:Asteroid makes pass at Earth on Feb. 15: Asteroid 2012 DA14 will safely fly by Earth at a distance of 17,200 miles (27,700 km).
Redbelly98 said:Comet Pan-STARRS C/2011 L4 should soon be visible in the Northern hemisphere, around or shortly after sunset. Perihelion is tomorrow, March 10.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/03/08/naked-eye-comet-pan-starrs-at-its-brightest-this-weekend/