It was impossible for me to watch this comet from my location at Chovar because of big hills to the west (when it got the brightest).
I missed the chance to watch it even when it was higher in the sky because of course I didn't know a comet was going to shine this bright. I didn't have the data of this comet in my skychart software to check its path/brightness, etc. The reason: No internet connection at my home.
Even if I check the sky every evening, I wonder how I could miss a chance to see this one.

Look at the debri clouds of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. This photo from spaceweather.com shows how the earth passes by the debris clouds everyday from 18 to 24 November and how it reaches a dense cloud on 19th, the peak of the Leonid Meteor Shower for this year. I am just about to go out to watch for the meteors. Its 1:05 am while I am typing this.

In the morning hour, when the sky is mostly covered with fog, or at sunset we can actually see the sunspot 923 with naked eyes. The first picture is my photoshop art where I have depicted the 923 exactly where I had seen with naked eyes, the viewfinder of my telescope and the telescope itself. I watched it for just a few seconds. If I had watched for a longer time I'd have damaged my eyes. WARNING: Don't ever try watching the sun with/without any instrument without using a proper solar filter.
2nd picture from spaceweather.com
Do these newly appeared sunspots pose any threat for strong solar flares? (My answer is no.)

Astronomy vs. Astrology
Eastern Astrologers say Lagna is more reliable than traditional 'zodiac horoscopes'.
Lagna is taken from start of the day. The lagna at sunrise is the constellation where the sun is supposed to be that time. Two hours later the constellation rising next to the first lagna of the day is taken as the next lagna. The lagna changes every two hours just like this. But if we are taking the reference point at sunrise and the constellation the sun resides in at the sunrise, then we are purely not using the right constellation. It is because no astrologers are updated with the precession of equinoxes. The calculation is again off by one constellation. So lagnas calculated for any time of the day is wrong. So how can the astrologers be so sure that when they are calculating lagnas they are making more accurate predictions?

www.kosmandu.com is now fully functional though the old site of Kosmandu is still hosted at geocities. Soon we will get everything at www.kosmandu.com .

A meteor streaks past the Milky Way in this picture from November 26, 1998 picture of the Day by Jeff Medkeff . While the stars are hundreds to millions of light years away the meteor is just a space rock burning a few kilometers above the earth's surface in the atmosphere.

November is the best time of the year for watching Meteors. Leonid Meteor shower peaks on 19th this month. Evening watchers: Its not the right time to watch but earthgrazers are good to look at. Morning watchers: Its in the mornings that most of the space rocks come into the way of Earth's orbit to enter the atmosphere fast and more in number.

Some researchers state this year's Leonid shower won't be so good. Low meteor rate has been suggested. Keep watching untill 21st from 14th.