Spotting Comet Lovejoy?

Ant555

Does anyone have any stargazing guides that would help me spot comet lovejoy tonight (assuming its clear)

It was a nice crisp and clear sky last night and I spent at least an hour outside with binoculars trying to spot it.

Are there any guides as to where it would be at, say, 9pm? Would trying any earlier be better?

Also, will it track along with the stars as the evening goes on.

All the guides I found showed it was reasonably close to Pleiades and with Orion as a giant marker in the sky I thought it would be easy.

Alas I failed so i'll try again tonight.

Ruski

I use the ISS tracker app on android - it can also point you in the direction of other heavenly objects - maybe try something like that for your smartphone??


HTH


Russ

daveyjp

Pocketuniverse app is excellent.

Crinkmeister

Sky and Telescope has a nice guide here:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/spot-comet-lovejoy-tonight-122920141/

It will take you a few minutes for your eyes to become dark-adapted and then you should find it easily. 9pm should be fine as it will be high in the sky. Don't expect to see a classic comet with tail. You are looking for a fuzzy grey-green blob.