With a chance of a clear eastern horizon, I crawled out of bed at 03.30 and drove out to the top of the Heath. The target was the snappily-named Comet C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS, which had reputedly brightened to 5th magnitude. However, it is currently in the constellation of Pegasus, very low in the East before dawn, so a thin veil of cloud didn't improve prospects. A break in the haze at around 04.30 revealed the appropriate region of Pegasus, and allowed somewhat unimpressive views of my 27th comet! (I've added shots of Cygnus, the Plough - and its famous binary stars Alcor & Mizar - and Capella, to demonstrate how poor the 'seeing' was!)
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