Hi Alan, Welcome to the group. Regarding Lovejoy, well, it'll be easier to spot than ISON. :) I wont rule out spotting it but you'll need to be in a good place with the correct equipment. This morning it will not be 10 degrees above the horizon until about 0500. Astronomical dark will end a few minutes after 0600. So that's going to be your window of opportunity. In order to image down that low in the sky you'll need to be up fairly high. I'm thinking the top of Emigration Canyon. The comet will be a bit north of due east at 073 degrees azimuth. As for equipment, being that the comet is pretty dim now you'll probably need a moderate sized telescope and a good CCD camera. Good luck! And if you get any shots please let us here on the list know where we can see them. patrick On 01 Jan 2014, at 20:34, Alan Neves <alan@videoutah.com> wrote:
Hello all, I'm a new member. I don't know if this is the proper format for asking this question, or if there's a web based searchable interface for list emails. Can anyone tell me if there's a location that's: 1. dark enough 2. high enough to avoid the inversion, and 3. if it's not too late to get good shots of Lovejoy on the eastern morning sky?
Thanks in advance.
Alan Neves KSL Videographer