Lovejoy? Not for me - but I'm flipping over the moon ;-)

Took a quick peek this morning for Comet Lovejoy. I was armed with my 15X45 IS Canons, but they weren;t enough. According to Sky and Telescope chart it should have been easy to find because it was well-placed in Aquila. But while it may be within the range of the binoculars, I couldn't locate it. Actually, it's probably just beyond their range.

I guess I'm hoping for another comet surprise like we had with McNaught - that Lovejoy would be brighter than the predicted Magnitude 8 or 9 and would sport a tail, even though none is predicted. Truth is, comets as tiny, fuzzly blobs just don't hold my attention. However, I am painfully aware - well joyfully, with McNaught - that they can confound the experts hwo make preductions and suddenly flare up. (I say painfully because I still haven';t got over the hype I helped create for Comet Kohoutek in 1973 - which went on to fizzle, making nonsense of all the optimistic predictions that it would be the "comet of the century."

On the brighter side I had a refreshing hour with the moon last night exploring the Apollo 15 landing site under different lighting conditions than I've seen it before and "discovering" Cassini, a large, flooded crater surrounded by low, sloping berms. I really have to find a way to flip my moon charts, though. I love the Rukl Atlas, but I find the mental gymnastic difficult when my scope flips the image. As soon as I try a chart - or photo - with the correct orientation then it's instantly obvious what I am seeing. (Actually what I am doing is grabbing photos online and flipping them with Photoshop Elements.)