Hi All,

Here is a shot of Holmes from my backyard Observatory last night in the City of Dayton, Ohio using my 10" SCT......unfortunately clouds were pretty solid, but small 10 second breaks allowed me to take this shot......its a 30 second exposure, ;literally through the clouds.....but it diminished the comets brightness enough for me to see the emerging jet coming of the nucleus.

I'll try again tonight with my 16" scope at my observatotries in Yellow Springs,
I should be able to make out more detail with the 16".

Just hope the skies stay clear for a while!

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MPC H66 Yellow Springs Research Station
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very nice result

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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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MPC H66 Yellow Springs Research Station
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Hello to all, i'm new here was wondering about the comet. i have a Mead 2090 telescope not the best but better than the 20.00 one i had 25 years ago haha, i live in Northern Cali about 2 1/2 hours from Oregon and i am having difficulty in finding the comet . i think i am in the right area but then another star or sometihng brite pops up. Is holmes really brite and changes colors from red blue orange and white? i saw something like that last night and something diffrent tonight .

Go here for charts that will help you find Holmes. It's an easy unaided eye object. Use the stars near it to "star-hop" to the comet.

Meanwhile, welcome to the BAUT, Icecreammaker!

Read the FAQs, especially the rules, and have fun.

Yo, Galactic2000! Beautiful professional-grade photography! Please post any additional shots.

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I'm repeating a post that I made in another forum:

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

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Great picture John! Thanks for posting.

A beautiful shot John, Your right it does have a tail. Clear Skies

Hi John.
Your photo shows the comets tail quite clearly. Very nice work. Clear skies Paul