While I waited, I swung the scope toward Saturn and looked at it for awhile with a 6.5mm, and then a 4.5mm eyepiece and enjoyed a much sharper image of Saturn than I had seen through this telescope a few Saturdays ago, so the seeing must have been somewhat good. When I thought it was dark enough, I aimed my scope with a 25mm eyepiece toward Altair. The clouds were really getting close now. I then star-hopped east to the star Beta Aquilae (Alshain), then southeast to Eta Aquilae, then northeast to Theta Aquilae, then turned my scope south and east to where I believed the comet was located, but I just couldn't find it. I had to wait while a few clouds passed, and then I scanned the whole area between the constellation Capricornus and Aquila north, south, east, and west between the two constellations. Didn't matter, no comet, and more clouds!
I took a break to eat dinner, hoping the clouds would go away. After dinner, more clouds! I scanned the area south of Theta Aquilae and east of Eta Aquilae again where the comet should be, but no comet and now too many clouds. I scanned the area back and forth, but no comet. As Aquila would soon be too low to the horizon and the clouds were ever thicker, I decided to call it quits for the night.
Tonight the comet has moved into Capricornus but there are just too many clouds, so no comet hunting tonight. Has anyone seen this comet?!
