First confirmed visual report of Comet ISON seen in Singapore early this morning (16 Nov) by veteran local amateur astronomer Gavin!
This is his report together with a photo of the comet shot through his 8-inch telescope:
http://www.singastro.org/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11626&p=85193#p85193
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*WEATHER PERMITTING*, this is how to find the comet early morning tomorrow before sunrise (17 Nov) from Singapore.
(1) Face east. Locate Spica before 6am. Take a mental note of ISON's location from Spica.
(2) Find L-shape star pattern through a binocular or telescope at upper left of Spica at about 3.5° arc degrees away.
If you see a fuzzy circular patch (and maybe even a tail!) at the location indicated in the above image, congrats!!!
If time permits, I will be updating similar ISON finder charts for the next few days.
My friends and I *MAY* be hunting this comet early morning tomorrow through our telescopes and binoculars. Check my twitter for the latest updates if you are keen to join us - http://www.twitter.com/astrosg
Clear skies and good luck comet hunting!
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The topic for this coming Monday's free public stargazing talk at Toa Payoh Public Library is "Comets & Meteors". Will elaborate more in a separate blog post. Stay tuned!
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