Members hawkhuff Posted November 9, 2007 Members Share Posted November 9, 2007 Very cool, it's getting larger (closer). Located in the constellation Perseus. It's the big one at near center. The tail is not bright but you can see it on this pic just to the right of the comet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ModmanQ6 Posted November 9, 2007 Members Share Posted November 9, 2007 So when will it be visible in our skies to the naked eye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fran da Man Posted November 9, 2007 Members Share Posted November 9, 2007 So when will it be visible in our skies to the naked eye?It's basically at our zenith around 11:00pm in Eastern North America. If you're familiar with the nightsky it's an easy find.If you're not familiar, heres a way to go about it. Find North with a compass if you have to, scan a little outside of that area to your right till you see a group of 5 (five) stars that resemble a stylized number 3 with the bottom of the 3 being open (refer to chart in link (Cassiopeia)). After you locate that, use stars #3 and #4 (counting from top) as pointers to project an imaginary line down to a triangle shape of 3 stars...the center star or the one farthest left will look blurry, that will be the Comet. It looks like a big cottonball through binoculars. Chart link: http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/HolmesFindr_8pm_PR1600.jpg Article: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/11143221.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ModmanQ6 Posted November 9, 2007 Members Share Posted November 9, 2007 Cool! I've got a Meade ETX-90 telescope and this is a great reason to break it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fran da Man Posted November 9, 2007 Members Share Posted November 9, 2007 Cool! I've got a Meade ETX-90 telescope and this is a great reason to break it out! Wow thats a neat little Telescope, i just read about it.Where are you located anyhow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ModmanQ6 Posted November 9, 2007 Members Share Posted November 9, 2007 Wow thats a neat little Telescope, i just read about it.Where are you located anyhow? Richmond Virginia. It's cloudy tonight, but maybe later this weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fran da Man Posted November 9, 2007 Members Share Posted November 9, 2007 Thats cool your sky will be just like i posted. Hell with that scope you have you will be able to just type stuff in...how awesome is that, "your own miniature Observatory"...now i'm jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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