[AZ-Observing] Re: Comet Holmes first look tonight
- From: "L Knauth" <Knauth@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:07:25 -0700
Initial impressions with the thing just clearing a tree: The outer shell =
seems much larger tonight. The "fan" now seems like an inner sphere =
possibly concentric with the outer cloud. The bright, almost star-like =
nucleus is off to one side of the inner sphere and may not be at the =
center of the object as a whole. I am having a hard time deciding. Need =
to dig around for a reticle eyepiece that has some kind of grid.
It has definitely changed appearance and is still absolutely gorgeous.
Paul Knauth
School of Earth and Space Exploration
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
480-965-2867 (voice)
480-965-8102 (Fax)
http://www.public.asu.edu/~iaclpk/
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From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Brian Skiff
Sent: Fri 10/26/2007 6:56 PM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Comet Holmes first look tonight
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The comet is as bright as last night (2.4 or 2.5), and seems
another notch larger naked-eye. I am observing at the Lowell 1.1-m
with its SSS spectrograph, and will get a spectrum later tonight
to help decide about the strength of the emission.
\Brian
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