Thread: Comet Holmes now sporting small jet and tail
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Old 05-November-2007, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by HypothesisTesting View Post
A dumb question,

I see the comet in attached image, and saw it myself last night in binocs. But are all the small sharp points of light background stars in Perseus , or is one of those the actual nucleus of Comet Holmes? I'd like to know that, because if one was the nucleus, I'd have a reference point to see material emanated from the nucleus.
The fuzzy large point at top center is the nucleus, the rest are all background stars in Perseus. Yes, you can see them right thru the Coma.

If you look carefully you can see the jet coming off the nucleus.
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