Huge comet outburst reported, 17P/Holmes |
Huge comet outburst reported, 17P/Holmes |
Oct 24 2007, 02:11 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 30-May 05 Member No.: 396 |
I didnt know in which category of the forum this should be reported:
http://www.fototime.com/%7BE39A64F6-CE74-4...%7D/picture.JPG http://perso.orange.fr/fkometes/images/com...422-9x5sz05.JPG Comet 17p/Holmes from 15 mag to 3!! Already visible to naked eye! |
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Oct 28 2007, 10:00 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Yes!! Finally!!! The cloud cleared around 9pm and I went outside to see if I could see Perseus - and noticed right away that there was something wrong with its shape, an extra blobby "something" that isn't usually there.... Lifted the binoculars -
GOOD GRIEF!!! Someone moved the globular cluster M13 closer to Earth! It was **ridiculous**! Like a new gas giant planet had somehow appeared in the solar system. Inside for the telescope, swung it around... Oh. My. Word. Look at that... it filled a quarter of the eyepiece at 26x magnification, with a stellar centre and a bright core surrounded by a fainter, larger ring. I went back inside to get my girlfriend and have her take a look, and she had the same "wow..." reaction, suggesting that it looked like "a cell" or "a jellyfish". She went back inside then, leaving me alone in the yard with my telescope and the most ridiculous comet I've ever seen. Thought I'd push my luck and try a few photos, just holding my digi camera up to the eyepiece, and this is what I got... Not going to make the Gallery on Spaceweather.com but I'm pretty chuffed with it -------------------- |
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