Just imaged the comet. It is pretty bright (relatively speaking) but only the tiniest of tails. About 2 degrees left of Procyon but unfortunately that put it just to the right of the Moon. No sign of it in 11x80s but "hints of suspicion" in the C-5. It will continue to brighten and climb higher in declination for a while so hopefully it will be easier to spot soon. patrick On 27 Oct 2013, at 00:34, Wiggins Patrick wrote:
There's a post on the Minor Planet Listserve indicating that CometLovejoy (C/2013 R1) is currently 2 magnitudes brighter than ISON.
Here are ephemerides for the next week should anyone care to have a look. During that time it is predicted to go from 10.5 to 9.8.
patrick
Date UT R.A. (J2000) Decl.
2013 10 27 000000 07 42 17.6 +06 44 55
2013 10 28 000000 07 46 17.8 +07 30 30
2013 10 29 000000 07 50 30.7 +08 18 57
2013 10 30 000000 07 54 57.7 +09 10 31
2013 10 31 000000 07 59 40.2 +10 05 23
2013 11 01 000000 08 04 39.9 +11 03 47
2013 11 02 000000 08 09 58.5 +12 05 57