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*Unfortunately this comet is dim and large 'scopes are required to see it. Current magnitude is 12.5 (unaided-eye limit is 6.0). It's out of my 'scope's grasp unfortunately.
Eridanus is a winter constellation and the autumn constellations are just now on the rise in early evenings, so this is a "red eye" endeavor, probably 3:00 a.m.-ish to pre-dawn (my guess). I wish the sky map were larger, to see just whereabouts (beneath, of course) Orion it is. Eridanus ("The River") is a rather long and winding constellation (makes sense, huh? Lol).
Good luck.
(Sky map and some info here courtesy universetoday.com)
--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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