The clouds were spectacular this evening, both to the east of us (above) and to the south (below). Fortunately by the time it got dark there were none overhead. We also tried to spot Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) but had little luck as it was lost in the twilight sky. Andrew Cooper may have had more luck tonight.
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It was a beautiful evening, but no comet for us either!
I agree. Spectacular clouds!
Andrew - was curious if you saw anything. JPL Horizons had the comet at mag 4.7 for that evening but I don't know where they get that number (i.e., predicted or if they use current observations), but unfortunately it definitely wasn't mag 2.
Keera - I've been waiting for ages to get a different shot of Mauna Kea's shadow! It always looks great with snow but we had virtually none this winter thanks to El Nino...
Tom
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