Faith-manor Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 It will be brightest on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at about 90 minutes prior to sunrise, so ya, you have to get up early. But it was just discovered a month ago, and won't be back for 400 years so this is your only chance. We are getting up early that day, but just in case skies are not clear, we are also going to get up early tomorrow morning since it is just becoming viewable with the naked eye as of today. I will track visually, and Mark will track with binoculars, and hopefully one of us will find it. 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Please report back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Any landmarks for where it will be in the sky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 9 minutes ago, kbutton said: Any landmarks for where it will be in the sky? Look north, northeast. If you are good at finding constellations, it will appear in LEO. Low in the sky. It will appear tomorrow 90 minutes before sunrise. So you want to gaze just above the trees or horizon line. You can Google how to spot Leo from your location, and see a sky map of what it looks like. Hope that helps. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Faith-manor said: Look north, northeast. If you are good at finding constellations, it will appear in LEO. Low in the sky. It will appear tomorrow 90 minutes before sunrise. So you want to gaze just above the trees or horizon line. You can Google how to spot Leo from your location, and see a sky map of what it looks like. Hope that helps. This helps! I’m not sky literate, lol! I have a kid who might want to get up for this though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 It’s cloudy here this morning, but I’ll try again tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Amira said: It’s cloudy here this morning, but I’ll try again tomorrow. Same here. We are 0 for 2 attempts due to cloud cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 Drat Michigan. We just do not get really clear skies this time of year. Foggy today. It was partially clear over head, but hazy at the horizon, foggy on the ground. We spent from 4 am to 5 am squinting through the haze, trying to see, but it never cleared off enough. Went back home, climbed into bed, got up at 7:30, guzzled 3 cups of coffee since then, and have a brain malaise that is going to be problematic today. We will try again Tuesday morning. Has anyone seen it yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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