From the Oort cloud

  

We lingered at the coast tonight to try to see Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.  After a beautiful sunset (with Venus, above), we eventually located the comet. We had great views with binoculars, and I tried to take a photo, but I'm afraid I don't have experience photographing comets!  But for the record, here's a view of the comet from Bodega Head on 18 October 2024:

In search of NEO

Well, my wish came true, at least in part!  We went out to look for Comet NEOWISE tonight and spotted it between the Moon and the Big Dipper.

The comet wasn't totally clear, and I'm not sure if that's because of light pollution or the comet itself.  But it was fun to finally get a better look at it!  I don't think my camera lens is strong enough to capture it, but here's the Moon from the same time tonight (23 July 2020).