I picked up comet Linear from my light-polluted NE Phoenix back yard with a 4" f5 refractor at 20X last night. I agree with Rick's assesment ; it was fainter than I expected, just a dim, diffuse fan-shaped glow. I did find it from the coordinates listed at the S & T web site by plotting on Megastar. I didn't try their chart. I think it will look much better in a dark sky at higher magnification. Steve Bell --- This message is from the AZ-Observing mailing list. If you wish to be removed from this list, send E-mail to: AZ-Observing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, with the subject: unsubscribe. The list's archive is at: //www.freelists.org/archives/az-observing This is a discussion list. Please send personal inquiries directly to the message author. In other words, do not use "reply" for personal messages. Thanks.