[AZ-Observing] Re: Comet Holmes tonight

Great stuff, Jeremy!

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I observed this thing last night with 11x80's, then next with "The
Perseus", my Cave 8" f4.5, first at 100x, then at 200x starting at about
9:40 PM.=20

Wow! A pure delight; a bright yellowish, nearly round coma with a bright
creamy nucleus, sized about 1/6 of the diameter of the coma. There
seemed to be some action, perhaps a fountain on one side of the nucleus.
And I saw some cyan color in that area.

And I did see the real faint stuff on the outside of the bright coma,
pretty cool, the beginnings of a tail, of who knows what shape.

Thanks again to all the great reports, as Steve Coe would say, "this is
FUN!"

Rick R.
SAC

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Jeremy Perez

Great collection of reports on this fantastic cometary treat! I've =20
got my first sketch prepped and uploaded with a full report here:

http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/000739.html

Chris, the color in your photograph is great.

And now, back out for more!

Jeremy Perez
http://beltofvenus.perezmedia.net
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