Comet A3 Abides

It’s a lot dimmer than it was a week or ten days ago. No longer naked-eye visible, especially in the light-polluted and hazy suburbs of Los Angeles.

But the iPhone can still see it, these photos being 5.3 second exposures on a tripod mounted iPhone 13. From my front porch, about 19:30, still visible with binoculars, just look to the left of the top of the palm trees and then up a bit. (Again, the big swoopy arcs of light on the far right and left sides are lens flares and reflections from the street light at the left and the bright lights on the neighbor’s house on the right.)

It’s like a little dandilion seed aflutter across the cosmos, although this one has a tail of ice and dust that’s millions of miles long.

It has been a joy to see. If you haven’t seen it yet and your sky is clear tomorrow or Wednesday, give it a shot, it’s not too late!