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Old 03-November-2007, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ngc3314 View Post
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.

This is quite an event.....( great pics, )......I read recently that the expansion is now about the size of Jupiter....Yikes, is that possible?....no wonder it is so bright.
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