re: Comet Lovejoy is Visible Right Now near the Pleiades

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I'm up in God's country far from any lights and it's better than I expected. I can see it with the naked eye (once I knew where to look - if the Pleiades are the center of a clock and the center of Orion's Belt is the 6, lovejoy is at ~ the 2:00 from north la) and the tail is clearly visible with 10x binoculars.

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Holy shites, good for you. I didn't think that it would be so visible anywhere in Louisiana. You should be able to see it until the end of this month.

For others who want to try, Heavens-Above.com and other places have a sky chart to help you find it. Anybody near a city won't see it, is my guess, due to light pollution.

It is a rare, practically once in a lifetime event to be able to see a comet and its tail with the unaided eye, so, good for you.