В горах сейчас на большой высоте, где мало водяных паров и небо темно-синее... ядро должно быть видно правее от Солнца... если Солнце скрыто преградой. Никто не пробовал увидеть "правее трубы котельной"? С соблюдением мер безопасности...
Вот уже пытались:
"this morning (Friday 16th December 2011 local time) I tried to visually observe
C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) with a 41cm f4.5 Meade Newtonian using a 22mm eyepiece
(83x). Pre-dawn I aligned on Spica so that this morning I could slew to C/2011W3
using GUIDE 8.0 software. The morning was clear. At 6:30am local time (2011 Dec.
15.725 UT) I gingerly opened Possum Observatory and slewed to where C/2011W3 was
according to the updated GUIDE ephemerides. Looking down the tube the Sun was
falling on the primary mirror so I rotated the building so that most of the
mirror was shaded. I then held my hand to the eyepiece to see how much light was
shining out. Gauging it was acceptable I then attempted to see Lovejoy. The
glare of the Sun illuminating the atmosphere was fairly intense. I could see the
bluey-white sky but alas, no comet. The comet was only 9 degrees in altitude
above the SE horison and 1.86 degrees from the Sun and so I had much illuminated
atmosphere to peer through. I then rotated the building to let more light in.
Nothing changed. It was impossible to see the comet. Perhaps if it was noon and
the atmosphere was less thick I may have a greater chance тАУ but perihelion is
at 12:30pm local time today. By then the comet/Sun angle will be impossible and
the comet will no doubt be evaporated steam!"
