space is really cool

We saw the comet! It was finally above the trees tonight (just above), and with our binoculars (god I wish we had a telescope) it was visible as first a small smudge and then, when it got properly dark, as something recognizably a comet, with a tale and everything. I'm so happy we got to see it, with just a couple of days to spare before it's gone for the next few millennia.

And when we turned around there was Jupiter quite bright in the east, and with the binoculars we could see it and three of its moons!