Location: Lower west-side Saint John, NB, Canada
Date Time: December 20, 2021 1730-1800
Weather: Bitter cold, mostly clear, hazy, steady breeze, -6.9C, 72% humidity.
Equipment: Canon Rebel t3 with 18-55mm lens and binoculars.
Attendance: David McCashion
Objective: To view and image Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard, the brightest comet of 2021, with a reported magnitude of approx 3. The comet has recently passed closed to Venus and is heading out of the Northern hemisphere sky, into the southern.
Report:
- Scanned the area of sky to the left of Venus, where comet was reported to be, at first with unaided eye and then with binos. Some long thin clouds and haziness were a factor, moving slowly through the area. No luck in seeing the comet visually. Imaged the area of sky for about a half hour, but still couldn't seem to get comet to pop out in image viewer for a pin point location in the sky. After star hoping from processed images, and comparing to star charts, comet still didn't appear in images.
- One day past full moon. No shooting stars or satellites were seen.
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