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 29 2007, 02:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Richmond, VA USA Member No.: 181 |
It's Monday, so what better time than now for a somewhat off the wall question?
With all the (deserved) excitement over comet Holmes, I wondered (as we did here over McNaught earlier this year) if the rovers would be able to see it. My thinking is that it would likely not be as it is well above the ecliptic and the rovers are south of Mars' equator. However, I don't have my copy of Starry Night handy at all to do any tests. Can anyone help on this front? Second (and just as important), is Spirit (or either rover really) in any possition to do even very limited evening or night obs? Again, my guess would be no but I wanted to ask to be sure. Cheers, -- Pertinax |
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