Comet 8P/Tuttle ?

[Blue Fire]

Sky & Telescope is saying that Comet 8p/Tuttle is now visible in Cassiopeia with 10x binocs and that it might brighten to naked eye visibility soon. Has anyone here caught up with it yet?? I can't see it with my 12x binocs yet, but maybe that darned Moon is just too bright and close tonight.

From: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...12413606.html:

The Other Bright Comet of 2007/2008
With Comet Holmes still blazing away nearly as bright as ever, it's easy to forget that another bright comet is crossing the far-northern sky.

Although no match for Holmes, Comet 8P/Tuttle is now visible through 10×50 binoculars under dark skies. A telescope may be required in the suburbs.

I'm not sure how they can say "blazing away nearly as bright as ever" ??? but then maybe my eyes aren't as good as they used to be.

[dpab]

Yah , I was looking at Tuttle the last 2 weekends.
I am hoping for a better peek when the Moon dies out.
If I get a chance to grab a photo , I will post it .

[stuart]

I'm going to try to photograph both 8P/Tuttle and 17P/Holmes tomorrow night. We'll see what happens.

[sunofsky]

that's nice

[Blue Fire]

I still haven't caught up with 8P/Tuttle. The sky has been overcast for some time except for 2 nights in a row here - and wouldn't you know it, each of those nights I went out to check visibility, saw that it was clear, went back inside for 10 minutes to check finder charts, went back outside only to find that the sky had clouded over! But at least I can still locate Comet Holmes.