Thread: Holmes expands
View Single Post
  #22 (permalink)  
Old 03-November-2007, 03:00 PM
ngc3314's Avatar
ngc3314 ngc3314 is offline
Established Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 87.5W 33.2N
Posts: 1,718
Default

Eight in a row! I make the coma now about 16 arcminutes in diameter, so after another couple of nights it will take multiple exposures to get the whole thing. Visually the bright inner coma is getting more elongated. Lots of visitors at our public event last night went with the "jellyfish" description.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg CometHolmesOct26Nov2a.jpg.jpg (55.7 KB, 15 views)
Reply With Quote