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Comet McNaught named after its discoverer R. H. McNaught, is now visible to the naked eye. It is currently reported to be at magnitude 3 but only 15 degrees over the Eastern horizon around 3 AM in the morning – in the Perseus constellation.

Here is the path of the comet (in PDF too)

Comet McNaught - path

Below is a picture from the Cometography site-

Comet McNaught - From http://cometography.com/lcomets/2009r1.html

Made a trip to Itasca/Chicago in April.. beautiful city (whatever I got to see in half a day).. high point was the vie from the 96th floor of the John Hancock Tower lounge.

The scorching summer heat drives flatlanders like us Delhi-ites out to the hill stations every May/June. Unfortunately but expectedly, the usual spots are at this time way too crowded and congested.  There still are thankfully, some places that haven’t been trampled under scorpios and endeavours and/or littered by colored polybags yet. One of them is Lansdowne, about 230 kms north of Delhi, via Bijnor and Kotdwar.

The town is strictly under army control – hence the good roads, spotless town center and litter bins everywhere. There’s not a lot of touristy places, and there are only a handful of hotels. But there are tall Deodar forests, scenic hills and curving roads, and a couple of divine churches. The town center itself is a small junction with market lanes. The hotel recommendation is Fairydale resort – by far the best and well located (and owned by an XLer!) – there’s another call Blue Pines but it’s way lower than the main town.

Lansdowne

The two Churches

Tarkeshwar Temple – nestled in a Deodar valley – as divine as it gets

Rock formations – One of the many

Boating Lake