[cripplecreek]

That is because it can only be seen from the lower hemisphere. It can only be seen just before dawn. However, this will change to the upper hemisphere in very late August early September.

Are the astronomers blind in the southern hemisphere? Our orbiting telescopes and various detection devices don't work when their orbit dips below the equator?

[Sprite518]

No our Astronomers can see it from the Southern Hemisphere. I know we have various telescopes all over South America and even Antarctica to view the sky we cannot see in the Northern Hemisphere.