Eleven miles S of Bandera on rural Hwy 173, high humid haze on what passes for a clear night in the summertime in South Texas. Comet progressing with remarkable speed as I suppose comets are prone to do. Just last night it was distinctly below the level of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) in the sky, now it can be found by looking at the bottom two stars of the Big Dipper relative to the horizon and then simply moving the binocs over to the left.

Clearly seen through binoculars, barely visible now that I know where to look with my 63-year-old eyes without binoculars as long as I stay off my foveas and use my peripheral vision.


"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744