"You might have to move it a little bit more and take another photo until you do see it. "Put your camera in that direction and take a photo if you don't see it," he said. The camera doesn't need to be fancy, Anderson said, although zooming in may help.
It's easier to find with a camera, he said, which is more sensitive to faint objects than our eyes. "With binoculars, it was pretty difficult to find it, just because the tail is quite dim," Anderson said. He said he uses mobile apps such as Star Walk and Stellarium that allow you to point your phone up at the sky, show a map of the stars in that region and pinpoint where the comet is expected to be. Justin Anderson, an astrophotographer who lives north of Brandon, Man., managed to capture the comet earlier this week, and said he plans to keep going out to take more photos. It's based on a diagram created by Chris Vaughan with the software Stellarium for his blog Astronomy Skylights on his website, AstroGeo. (no matter where you are in Canada) shows where to look for Comet Leonard this week. It will be in the eastern sky below and to the left of the bright star Arcturus in the constellation Bootes. "The pre-dawn is your best chance, the next few days." How can you find it in the night sky?
"But it'll never get very high above the horizon," Vaughan said. It's expected to return Monday after sunset, as it heads away from the Earth toward the sun, getting fainter over the following weeks. 12, the comet should make its closest approach to Earth, then disappear the next day for Northern Hemisphere viewers.
At that point, Vaughan said, Leonard should still be high enough that it won't be blocked by trees and houses or distorted by the atmosphere. If the weather co-operates, Friday and Saturday mornings around 6 a.m. By returning on subsequent mornings, you should be able to notice the change, he said. He said an area away from city lights, with a clear view of the horizon to the east, would offer the best view. #CometLeonard /UshQe2hPxU- those who want to see the comet, Vaughan recommends going out in the early morning over the next couple of days, if the sky is clear. The apparent laser battle going around it are satellites crossing the field of view during the exposure. Roughly 95 minutes of motion captured with the RedCat and ZWO ASI533MC Pro leading up to dawn breaking (09-Dec).
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