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I can't see it, but it's 1pm, so it would have to have an apparent magnitude of -4 or lower
I will see if I can find it this evening after the sun sets.
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All I had to do was open up my kitchen cabinet door under my sink to see Comet. Didn't have to wait till night either. I could turn it over and it leave a nice white trail but that would be a mess I'd have to clean up. 
Riddle. How can you be in Texas and Australia at the same time?
Riddle. How can you be in Texas and Australia at the same time?
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There is a city in Australia named Texas.
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That's easy - go to Goondiwindi, and follow the signs.All I had to do was open up my kitchen cabinet door under my sink to see Comet. Didn't have to wait till night either. I could turn it over and it leave a nice white trail but that would be a mess I'd have to clean up.
Riddle. How can you be in Texas and Australia at the same time?
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Maybe so.The population of Texas is fewer than 800 people, so "city" is perhaps a tad generous
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According to flightcentre.com.au, the quickest Qantas flight currently available is 15 hours and 50 minutes (non-stop MEL>DFW), and there is a 15 hour time difference, so your flight would need to be 50 minutes early. Check for favourable jet-stream conditions before you go.
Or wait for DST to commence in Melbourne on the first Monday in October; That should get you there with ten minutes to spare.
For added safety margin, you could wait for DST to finish in Dallas at the beginning of November, and have a cushion of an hour and fifty minutes.
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Is the fellow that one that is stuck up there until next year?
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Well, when you've seen one comet you've seen them all.
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Those are gate-to-gate times, not takeoff-to-landing. Here are the recorded numbers for today's flight, landed a minute ago...
Departure Times
Gate Departure
01:08PM AEST
Scheduled 01:00PM AEST
Takeoff
01:21PM AEST
Scheduled 01:10PM AEST
Taxi Time: 13 minutes
Arrival Times
Landing
01:30PM CDT
Scheduled 02:08PM CDT
Gate Arrival
01:40PM CDT
Scheduled 01:50PM CDT
So, 15 hours 9 minutes. With wind variations, looks like sometimes it works and sometimes not.
Ah. I looked up the flight before I posted my solution -- that explains why the numbers I saw showed it working.
Actually the safety margin is always there. Australia and Texas are big places. Based on the flight map, looks like it takes half an hour to get from Melbourne to the edge of Australia, and another half an hour to get from the edge of Texas to Dallas.
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BH
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The eyes of Texas are upon you.....
DBT
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The population of Texas is fewer than 800 people, so "city" is perhaps a tad generous
This is the first I've heard of it.
Shadowy Man
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my local forecasts are cloudy. But one can hope.
I hope members post their photos here if they get any.
I hope members post their photos here if they get any.
BH
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I'm going to look for the comet
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I tried today but I think it was too low for me to see. Venus was bright but I couldn’t find an area clear enough to the west to spot the comet. Will try again tomorrow when it’s higher up and hopefully still reasonably bright enough.