Comet in the night sky? Who can confirm?

[AnitaPeterson]

Hi there,

I'm in Ottawa right now... tonight, as I looked at the sky for the first signs of Hurricane Isabel - large clouds - , I saw much to my surprise, right at the zenith, that there's a large, nebulous mass, quite bright. It can't be the moon. I tried to look t it through binoculars, but there's not much detail.

Is anyone among you in the Northern United States or Lower Canada who can confirm that there's some large astral body above us? I looked on all the news sites and there's nothing related to any comet visitig us.

If you have a clear patch of sky, look up, in a circle of about 10 degrees from your local vertical, and tell me if you see anything.

 

[DrPizza]

The earth is round.... therefore, where it is in the sky will depend on the latitude, longitude, and time of viewing...
Personally, all I see are a bunch of clouds that everyone seems to be over-reacting to. (western NY - schools are closed... they expect (gasp!) 3 inches of rain)

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I'm thinking people in the NE of the US, and Canadians from Ontario to Nova Scotia should be able to see the phenomenon...

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Can you identify the constellation it's in?

 

[AnitaPeterson]

No, unfortunately all I see is long streaks of clouds... Isabel will be upon us tonight.

I was able to barely see Mars earlier on - this thing that looks like a comet appeared to be about a quarter of the sky to the south of Mars - that meant right above my head, about one hour ago.

 

[The Stigenator]

email some amature astromnomer boards..

it sure is something worth checking out.

 

[ElFenix]

*goes outside*
*looks up*
*doesn't see anything other than a few stars and a cloud or two*

 

[oniq]

Damn it its the asteroid they dont want us to know about.. will you shush up ;D

 

[AlmostFunny]

Meteor storm heads for Earth

OMG were all gonna DIE!

OOPS forgot teh link Text