The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.

— Peter De Vries

Comet Panstarrs

By Kevin at Thu, 03/14/2013 - 3:53pm

Members of NJAG finally got a chance to see Comet Panstarrs last night (Mar. 13) from Montclair State.

 

It was hard to find in binoculars. We finally saw it around 7:30 pm - before that the sky was too bright.
 
Although technically it is bright enough to see with the naked eye - it was only visible in binoculars. We have so much haze and smog here in NJ I'm beginning to think that we may never see it naked eye.
 
The comet appears very small and the tail was very short - maybe half a degree, it was hard to tell.
 
So despite the "media hype" and nice onlien images of the comet, it is still a challenge to see it and you will need binoculars, very clear skies and good view of the western horizon!