"Look for the Seeliger effect, when the rings brighten for a few days."
Don Machholz
You can overcome some deficiencies with patient observing. And practice. The more you look, the more you see. Podcast-53-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-53-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-53-Map-3-M31-and-the-Square-of-PegasusDownload Podcast-53-Map-4-M77Download Podcast-53-Map-5-Evening-CometDownload Podcast-53-Number-of-Stars-in-the-Square-of-PegasusDownload
That is a lot of time to find a comet, but then there is a lot of sky to cover!DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-46-A-Decade-of-Comets-Part-6Download Podcast-46-Map-1Download Podcast-46-Map-2Download
This is the type of study that helped to direct comet hunters where to search.DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-34-Comet-Discoveries-and-Observational-SelectionDownload Podcast-34-Map-1Download Hits: 62