What time can the McNaught comet be seen in Washington State Friday?

Answer 1

Obviously too late. It will be even harder on Saturday. Get to a spot where the Western horizon is downhill and start looking the moment the sun goes below the horizon. The first "star" you see will be Venus, low in the Southwest. Look a little to the right and very close to to the horizon for the comet. If you can't see it Saturday, wait over the weekend. McNaught passes the sun on Sunday and emerges on the other side next week. So starting Monday, it will be drifting back up, South of Venus, but much fainter because it's farther away than the sun then. You may need binoculars (Wait till the sun's gone.). Good luck!

Answer 2

Well its too late now, the comet can be seen in between sunset and when it gets dark. Today it was from 4:40 and 5pm. I'm not sure if it will be visible tomorrow night (saturday)

Answer 3

I don't know if you can see the comet over Washington....but here you have a chance to see it over Cracow (Poland).....

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html



p.s. If you had a star gasing software you might be able to locate it over Chicago and what time..

here is one that you can download one for free.....

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

and here is the accompanied list for the catalogs.

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/download.html


Good Luck...:)

Answer 4

Try again tomorrow night...just aftersunset. Look Westward.