It hasn’t stopped raining in Cambridge, though it’s starting to get
cold. But more than wanting snow, I would love if it would clear up
long enough to see [Comet McNaught][]. SkyTonight says I missed
my chance—it’s now going to be visible in the southern hemisphere,
but Friday was the last good day to see it in the north. So, because
of El Nino, or global warming, or just bad Boston weather, I will not
get to see the brightest comet to appear in my lifetime.
(SpaceWeather.com says "At magnitude -4 to -5, McNaught
is the brightest comet since Ikeya-Seki in 1965.")
So, it doesn’t matter if the weather wil clear up on Wednesday,
there won’t be anything to see. I will have to watch it through the
Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). It’s the big bright thing
that’s whiting out the detector in the left image. The right one shows
where it will be on various days.
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