spotted faint Lulin (Toronto)

Crazy. This is not a satisfying comet—for city dwellers...

Just got home after a poker game at Cam's. Skies were very clear. Stars were sparkling in every direction. A bright orange star led me home... It couldn't be Capella... That wasn't right. I just knew that wasn't right. (It was Arcturus.)

When I arrived home, I fired up Stellarium. Lulin was very near Regulus. OK, let's go!

I grabbed my red goggles and binos and headed to the back yard. And scanned. And scanned. Looked at Saturn (very near σ (sigma) Leo). And scanned. And scanned. And was ready to give up, when I spotted it. A faint smudge between the triangle of ν (nu), 31, and α (alpha) Leo, 1/3 of the way from ν to 31, and just inside the line from ν to 31. Once again, very faint in binos. Easily missed.

In fact, I missed it early. I had been scanned this area for a while. Oh... dark adaptation... Right! It had taken some time for my eyes to adjust from the street lights. Wow.

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Neighbours to the east had the back yard lights on again. Full blast. OK. No more Mr. Nice Guy. I'm going to explain to them that it is always or generally interfering with me and my activities. I will suggest that they need to come up with an alternative...

Neighbours to the west were OK. All lights off.

Neighbours in the house? As I walked by the front of the house, I saw reflections on the garage. It wasn't looking so good... But when I got out back, all the lights were off. Someone on the top floor had their TV on. It was not too bad actually for my observing...