Photo thread

[WestCentralFisher]

After fishing the Niangua River yesterday morning, I popped over to an empty Bennett Spring State Park to look around. Not pictured are the many trout that were rising enthusiastically to the pieces of leaves on the water, presumably thinking they were pellets 😆 

[netboy]

19 hours ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

pretty bright here in Ballwin a half hour ago

Great pictures^^^^

Here's mine.😀

 

[ColdWaterFshr]

5 hours ago, netboy said:

Great pictures^^^^

Here's mine.😀

 

Very witty, Net Boi!  Find that on the Net I Bet?  🤪

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

On 11/11/2025 at 8:32 PM, BilletHead said:

Are any of you with good cameras and good cell phone cameras out there taking pictures of the Northern lights? I'm seeing lots of great pictures from Missouri on social media. We went to a place near the house with little light pollution. My antiquated cell phone caught this. We could not see it with the naked eye

I couldn't not see anything wirh the naked eye.   This was what my phone produced. 

 

[BilletHead]

5 hours ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

I couldn't not see anything wirh the naked eye.   This was what my phone produced. 

 

            I like that, Daryk!   You have some distinct lines. I have color in a blur.  I am thinking I need an upgrade on my phone sometime. 

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

21 hours ago, BilletHead said:

            I like that, Daryk!   You have some distinct lines. I have color in a blur.  I am thinking I need an upgrade on my phone sometime. 

Just what the phone "saw".   I honestly wouldn't have taken the picture if others weren't getting neat colors of the sky.    I took a few others,  all random as I couldn't see anything different than any other night.  

[ness]

@BilletHead You mentioned not being able to see the lights your phone picked up. The comet picture I took and showed earlier in this thread only happened because someone there told me where to point my camera. I couldn't see it myself. 

 

[BilletHead]

6 hours ago, ness said:

@BilletHead You mentioned not being able to see the lights your phone picked up. The comet picture I took and showed earlier in this thread only happened because someone there told me where to point my camera. I couldn't see it myself. 

 

Thanks, we spent some time watching for the comet In a great place. We could see nothing and gave up. Wish I knew that deal then. So will we be alive for the next good comet?

[ness]

1 hour ago, BilletHead said:

Thanks, we spent some time watching for the comet In a great place. We could see nothing and gave up. Wish I knew that deal then. So will we be alive for the next good comet?

From Chat GPT

Nice — I put together a concise table of the known comet candidates most likely to be of interest between 2025–2026, with visibility notes for someone in Kansas City, KS. I also saved it as a CSV you can download.

 

 

What I included

 

 

• C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) — best near-term naked-eye candidate (Oct–Nov 2025).
• C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) — possible late Nov 2025 candidate; behavior uncertain.
• 3I/ATLAS (interstellar) — re-emergence expected Dec 2025; unpredictable.
• 24P/Schaumasse — modest, binocular/telescope target around Jan 2026 (not naked-eye).
• C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) — possible mag ~5–6 early 2026 but close to the Sun (hard to see).

 

 

 

Important caveats

 

 

• Predictions change. Comet brightness and visibility estimates are updated as objects are observed more — they can brighten suddenly or disintegrate. The best ongoing trackers are Aerith (Seiichi Yoshida), JPL Horizons / SBDB, COBS (Comet Observation Database), EarthSky and TheSkyLive.
• For years 2027–2035, no reliable predictions currently list new comets that are guaranteed to be naked-eye; discoveries can happen anytime, so keep monitoring the sources above.

 

 

 

Download the table

 

 

Download the CSV of upcoming comets 2025–2026

 

 

 

If you want, next I can immediately do one of the following (pick one) — I’ll run it right now:

 

1. Generate a printable sky map for C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) for Kansas City on the night of its closest approach (Oct 21, 2025), with direction/altitude and best time to look.
2. Make a simple 10-year watchlist (2025–2035) that automatically polls the key sources and outputs an updated table you can refresh later (note: I’ll include instructions and links — I can’t run background monitoring).
3. Send observing tips and a short checklist (when to go out, where to point, binocular recommendations, phone apps to use).

 

 

Which one do you want me to do now?

[BilletHead]

4 minutes ago, ness said:

From Chat GPT

Nice — I put together a concise table of the known comet candidates most likely to be of interest between 2025–2026, with visibility notes for someone in Kansas City, KS. I also saved it as a CSV you can download.

 

 

What I included

 

 

• C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) — best near-term naked-eye candidate (Oct–Nov 2025).
• C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) — possible late Nov 2025 candidate; behavior uncertain.
• 3I/ATLAS (interstellar) — re-emergence expected Dec 2025; unpredictable.
• 24P/Schaumasse — modest, binocular/telescope target around Jan 2026 (not naked-eye).
• C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) — possible mag ~5–6 early 2026 but close to the Sun (hard to see).

 

 

 

Important caveats

 

 

• Predictions change. Comet brightness and visibility estimates are updated as objects are observed more — they can brighten suddenly or disintegrate. The best ongoing trackers are Aerith (Seiichi Yoshida), JPL Horizons / SBDB, COBS (Comet Observation Database), EarthSky and TheSkyLive.
• For years 2027–2035, no reliable predictions currently list new comets that are guaranteed to be naked-eye; discoveries can happen anytime, so keep monitoring the sources above.

 

 

 

Download the table

 

 

Download the CSV of upcoming comets 2025–2026

 

 

 

If you want, next I can immediately do one of the following (pick one) — I’ll run it right now:

 

1. Generate a printable sky map for C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) for Kansas City on the night of its closest approach (Oct 21, 2025), with direction/altitude and best time to look.
2. Make a simple 10-year watchlist (2025–2035) that automatically polls the key sources and outputs an updated table you can refresh later (note: I’ll include instructions and links — I can’t run background monitoring).
3. Send observing tips and a short checklist (when to go out, where to point, binocular recommendations, phone apps to use).

 

 

Which one do you want me to do now?

   Dang