Chris, et al; I just did another star chart and Comet Holmes is 25 degrees above = Mercury and the Pleiades, so that there is a narrow viewing window. I am going to try; Steve Coe -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Schur Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 9:54 AM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Comet Holmes just to north of M 38 this = weekend And ssoooooooo low in the west! I did see mercury last night right in that area... chris --- On Thu, 5/1/08, Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Comet Holmes just to north of M 38 this = weekend > To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 9:55 AM > Ready for a challenge? >=20 > I know you have not heard about Comet Holmes for a month or > so, but it =3D > will > be right beside the cluster M 38 in Auriga for the next > several nights. =3D > The > comet will be very low surface brightness and may very well > be a visual =3D > and > a photographic challenge. >=20 > We shall see; > Steve Coe >=20 >=20 > -- > See message header for info on list archives or > unsubscribing, and please=20 > send personal replies to the author, not the list. =20 _________________________________________________________________________= ___ ________ Be a better friend, newshound, and=20 know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=3DAhu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = please=20 send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.