Members Hearafter Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 is now the largest object in the solar system, with a coma that's 5,000 miles in diameter larger than the sun! Saturn shown for scale reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hawkhuff Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Here is a recent pic of the Comet Holmes. Explanation: What's happening to Comet Holmes? The rare comet remains visible to the unaided eyes of northern observers as an unusual small puff ball in the constellation of Perseus. A high resolution set of images of the comet's inner coma, taken last week and shown above, reveals significant detail. Close inspection shows numerous faint streamers that are possibly the result of jets emanating from the comet's nucleus. Comet Holmes has remained surprisingly bright over the past week, with luminosity estimates ranging from between visual magnitudes 2 to 3, making it brighter than most stars visible on a dark sky. The above image of Comet Holmes was made with a small automated 0.38-meter telescope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted November 15, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 That's cool. Because before he died, John Holmes was the largest object in the solar system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hearafter Posted November 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 That's cool. Because before he died, John Holmes was the largest object in the solar system. It took a full hour for this to happen... you guys are slipping. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted November 15, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 It took a full hour for this to happen... you guys are slipping. :poke: Hey at least I've got an excuse...I was moderating over in my home cave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Its been cloudy lately. When it clears up, I'll have to go have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fran da Man Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Its been cloudy lately. When it clears up, I'll have to go have a look.It's not as brilliant as it was a few nights ago...now it just looks like a circular haze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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