[AZ-Observing] Comet Holmes

Hi- Using a 16 Meade Deep Sky my overwhelming impression is the coma is very 
granular to my eye,.  I am having trouble seeing a star like nucleus.  Because 
of the very symetrical appearance of the coma and lack of emission spectra, I 
wonder if the cause of this erruption could have been a collision.  After all 
it is cruising out in the asteroid belt is it not?  Would an impact necessarily 
generate a spherical coma or are we just seeing a perspective of a coma that 
looks spherical from our vantage point?  
Regards
Keith Parizek
Rio Verde, Az. 
--
See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please 
send personal replies to the author, not the list.

Other related posts: