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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Nov 1 2007, 04:11 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Well, I finally saw it, it was quite easy to spot even in the intensely light-polluted sky of my neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. And I could convince myself it was fuzzy, though pretty much everything in the sky looks fuzzy around here I don't have binoculars, much less a telescope, so I couldn't confirm its color or appearance. And I don't know what Perseus is supposed to look like, so it didn't seem so odd to me to see a triangle there. But I strongly suspect that I will, from this day forward, recognize Perseus, as "that constellation that used to be a triangle when the comet was there."
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