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Originally Posted by Dave Mitsky
17P/Holmes is now obviously non-stellar to the naked-eye and is quite easy to see in the northeastern sky after 8:00 p.m. or so. At that time, the comet is to the lower left of Mirfak (Alpha Persei), the brightest star in Perseus. It lies roughly between the bright first magnitude star Capella, which is close to the horizon, and Mirfak.
The comet is a bit closer to Mirfak now but the finder chart posted here should still prove useful to you.
There are other charts at http://www.cometchasing.skyhound.com/comets/17P.gif and http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=6183
Dave Mitsky |
Thanks for the help. I'm pretty sure I saw it last night in 10 x 50 binoculars. Couldn't see it naked eye, but saw a fuzzy blob in the binos. I plan to look again tonight to make sure it wasn't a small cloud. (due to light polution, small clouds look like fuzzy blobs too, around here...)