Re: [cayugabirds-l] OT: Comet visible in western sky now

2013-03-20 Thread nutter.dave
On the evening of 17 March I was birding in the Montezuma area. The clearing sky inspired me to stay and look for the comet. I chose Olmstead Road, which is the first right turn off Armitage Road when you go west from where NYS-89 turns. Olmstead is on the crest of a drumlin with no trees, so there

[cayugabirds-l] OT: Comet visible in western sky now

2013-03-20 Thread Alicia Plotkin
Hi, In case I'm not the only one who has searched fruitlessly for Comet PanSTARRS, it is visible right now, significantly north of west, and higher in the sky than I expected - maybe ~6 full moon diameters (?) above the horizon - I'm even worse at astronomical descriptions than bird descri