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My son and I are on a hilltop just south of Polo Illinois. Slightly to the right of the big Dipper and one fist above the horizon.. actually quite low in the sky.

Which direction, John.

Renegade50 has my bag of doobage

I’ll have to get that back and check this out from my catfish pond observatory.

I am not seeing it with binoculars. Lafayette is about 25 miles away giving off a ton of artificial light in the comet’s path.

Did get a good look at Jupiter, could see three moons with my spotting scope and could faintly see the rings on Saturn.

Northwest sky. Find the big dipper and look way below it and slightly to the right. Quite low above the horizon. Maybe one fist above.

My son has to work early and we just got home. Too many trees on the northern horizon for me to see it here.

My son actually saw it with just his eyes while there was still a fair bit of twilight glow. I had to use binoculars until it got pretty dark, and then even I could see it with the naked eye.

The comet glow, or tail was quite a bit bigger than what I expected. Looked like someone pointing a flashlight up into a foggy sky.

Eventually my son got the spotter focused on it, and I thought that maybe I'd get an image with the cell phone through it. I've managed that a couple of times in daylight, but it was a no-go tonight.

This is my first comet sighting. All of the previous ones had me curious, but work, weather, or events kept me from them.

Seems that such things offer perspective. It's been here before, and will be here again.
Last time around was 3000 years or so before Moses lived. Wonder who looked at the sky and saw it then?
Who's gonna post about it the next trip around?

Can't spot anything yet. So, from the two stars that make up the end of the ladel opposite of the handle, downwards? Down and rightish?

Couldn't see it either.

I can see right now. Just as described above way below and slightly to the right of the Big Dipper. 10:40 mtn time.

How low? Still getting dark here, uhh to the west... .

Got great views tonight...very visible up here

My elderly mother was also able to enjoy the views...especially through the 8x glasses. Incredible really

Raining here, too many clouds.

I'd put the outside stars (pointing stars for Polaris) of the ladle on top of my fist. Then drop my fist straight down to the horizon. Then maybe one fist to the right. It should look like a smear of light in the sky.

Actually looks like a flashlight pointed up and to the right.

Clear sky in SW Idaho. I can see the comment really well with binoculars

I'd have liked to see this from the hill overlooking Copper Harbor. You near there Quak?

NADA.

It was low enough in the sky that when we had the spotting scope on it the scope was almost level.

Thanks John. Has gotten dark but some damned lights shining over that direction. I'll be in a better location later and will look.

Saw a couple of of meteors already.

Oh, I might be fubar here. Will be atop the Continental Divide a couple of times later tonight.

Look NNW