January 15, 2020: very brief binocular bash

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Clouds were encroaching on an otherwise clear sky when I got home from salsa lessons, so I didn't get out the scope, but instead grabbed the Helios LightQuest 16x80 bins, and headed of to Perseus. It took me just a few minutes to spot comet C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) as a little fuzzy ball near eta Persei (and close to open cluster Trumpler 2). I picked it up repeatedly in gaps in the clouds, so I consider comet number 26 bagged.