Jem7

(28-01-22) M1 took some finding! After much back and forth from the house checking stellarium I knew I was looking in the right place. For almost an hour I was unsure if I could detect a faint smudge using averted vision or not. At midnight the sky just seemed to pop, or else my eyes were now fully dark adapted but almost like flicking a switch way more faint stars were observable at the eyepiece and a faint elongated patch of light appeared, but still much better using averted vision. They say M1 is the hardest of Messier's first catalogued objects to observe. I will not argue with that. Not an object I can observe in a 70mm ETX with any real detail but rather just acknowledge its existence and to know I have seen it. Moon was not in the sky and skies were dark. During my time observing the object slowly drifted from a SW aspect to more of a W aspect and was reasonably high in the sky. For me observing became easier and M1 was much easier to see as it drifted to the west. Very pleased to have got my first glimpse of M1 with my little 70mm scope. I was using the supplied 25mm eyepiece.

Over the last 2 evenings I have been able to view the comet again after a week of constant cloud. Im no expert but it did seem dimmer to my eye and I was surprised to see how high it was in the sky, in fact I spent 15 minutes scanning 5-10 degrees up with my binoculars before I found it much higher up. Also when I first viewed it the tail was angled roughly 45 deg now its almost 180 deg straight up. A lot has changed in a week. Great night though and delighted to get another look.

Since I made my first post and sighting of Comet Neowise back on the 11th its been constant cloud and drizzle/rainy conditions here in Ireland. I really hope I get another chance, its so frustrating

Some truly wonderful images on this thread....thanks to all for sharing, from sketches to smartphones to cameras and scopes I have enjoyed them all, do please keep them coming👍

Much more difficult here in Ireland tonight, plenty of cloud about, but I was just rewarded with a brief break in the cloud to allow 20 minutes or so with the binos. Not as spectacular as last night due to the conditions, but still worth the effort. I think after two late nights I'll retire to my sack and enjoy all the wonderful pics that are rolling in for a while.

Fantastic here in the West of Ireland tonight, was looking iffy for a bit but it all came good, super views with the 10x50's and also a 25mm eye piece on my little Meade ETX70, clearly visible with the naked eye also. Been trying for a while to catch a view so Im totally made up tonight, only the 2nd naked eye comet I have ever seen. What struck me about this comet was the huge length of the tail, it really is fantastic, far better than I ever expected. Back off out now for more because this is Ireland, it could rain till xmas from tomorrow, so got to make the most of it. Good luck to everyone, hope you all get a chance to view this wondeful sight