It's been cloudy as hell here lately... and unfortunately the view of this comet has been easily obliterated by clouds on the horizon. I'd imagine that's why most people haven't seen it... the vast majority of people probably just didn't even know it was out, and never saw it by chance.
Comets are unfortunately difficult to forecast. Same with auroras... and I find it is typically cloudy as fuck whenever something interesting happens in the sky, anyways.
I did my best to get the word out about this one. I'm glad I was able to get it up on Slashdot, at least, though it is too late for night viewing here in the northern hemisphere. I did see it a couple nights ago at sunset through binoculars.... It is a spectacular comet. I wish my home weren't covered in unyieldingly cloudy skies, I'd love to have a peak at this daytime comet. This is the first daytime comet since 1965, it would be a shame to miss it.
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It's been cloudy as hell here lately... and unfortunately the view of this comet has been easily obliterated by clouds on the horizon. I'd imagine that's why most people haven't seen it... the vast majority of people probably just didn't even know it was out, and never saw it by chance. Comets are unfortunately difficult to forecast. Same with auroras... and I find it is typically cloudy as fuck whenever something interesting happens in the sky, anyways.
I did my best to get the word out about this one. I'm glad I was able to get it up on Slashdot, at least, though it is too late for night viewing here in the northern hemisphere. I did see it a couple nights ago at sunset through binoculars.... It is a spectacular comet. I wish my home weren't covered in unyieldingly cloudy skies, I'd love to have a peak at this daytime comet. This is the first daytime comet since 1965, it would be a shame to miss it.