C/2022 E3 (ZTF) — I Went Out Twice Tonight, With Binoculars, BUT Didn’t See It (& It Was COLD).

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by Anura Guruge
on February 1, 2023

Click to ENLARGE. From the EXCELLENT ‘The Sky Live‘ (such a wonderful resource).
Click to ENLARGE. The title slide of my C/2022 E3 (ZTF) PowerPoint presentation.

I went out TWICE tonight — about 4.5 hours apart. The first was around 7:30pm. I drove 4-miles to the top of a hill to get above the treeline. Took a pair of BIG, powerful 17×70 binoculars with me. I spent about 30 minutes scanning the general area. Nothing.

Then went out again around midnight. Was out for about 40 minutes. Used a second pair of binoculars — not as powerful. Checked the sky map multiple times. I was looking in the right area. Couldn’t miss the moon & Mars. But, still nothing. It was bitterly cold. Might try again tomorrow night.

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