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Great pics all of you!


No break for the clouds in DK for many weeks :-/

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same here...over 2 weeks of nothing but clouds, snow, and freezing rain...no signs of it clearing up any time soon either...

Jim

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Too bad. The view last night was so nice, with the bright yellow gamma Cephei on one side of the 2 degree FOV and the soft green glow of the comet on the other side. The two were just a hair past 1 degree appart. I was using my 6" dob with a 40mm 2" widefield eyepiece.

Over the last week I've now had 4 looks at this comet. Each night it appears a little bit brighter. The core is becoming quite condensed. I did a sketch as viewed at 71X (17mm T4 Nagler) but I'm not pleased with how my new scanner/printer works, so I have nothing to post.(sorry)I think I may just hook the old one back up even though the printer part is hooped.

I also had another look and did a sketch of Holmes. It's ever changing morphology comtinues to entrance me. I now have aboout 30 sketches of Holmes dating back to Oct 24th. : )

Bill

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30 sketches?...wow...beats my 1 so far...i could`ve had many more...but i`m much more interested in Mars right now...and have several sketches of Mars instead up to about 2 weeks ago...if there`s a 2nd outburst, just maybe i`ll become more interested in Holmes than Mars again.

Thanks for the reports, etc., and possible sketches, anyway...however, should you not post them, i see where there`s dozens of great, beautiful photos/observing reports of the comet in this and other threads here.

btw, got some clear skies last night to go out and observe Mars...will post my sketch/observation report later...

Thanks again, Bill,

Jim

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current scopes

Vixen ED103SWT
Vixen ED102S
C-102AZ/HD
StarMax 127
Jason 60/11.7

UO HD Abbe Orthos - 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, 9mm
Older UO Ortho - 4mm
Celestron 2x Ultima Barlow

and many other scopes i`ve been fortunate enough to check out...

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Kerry, just edit the forecast and put in good weather instead of the storm.
Think it'll work?

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Hi Carol, I wish I could, but the weather has been so stubburn lately. To top it off... I'll be getting a new scope (12in LB) on Monday so don't be surprised if it ends up cloudy for the rest of the week. My apologies in advance to anyone that lives near the Great Lakes.

Does anyone have a new magnitude estimate? What do you think is the likelyhood and timing on a possible tail.

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* Weather and Sky Photography *
https://twitter.com/#!/weatherandsky

QHY-8, Canon 40D unmodded, Meade DSI-C
Meade 12" LightBridge
Astro-Tech 8in RC
Celestron C6-SCT
Sky-Watcher Equinox 80mm APO
Omcon 4.5" Newt
Celestron Skymaster 15x70
Canon 50 f1.8, 100 f2.8Macro, 100-400 f4.5-5.6L, Sigma 17-70, 18-50, 28-300
CGE, CG-5 GT

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Hey Dave, if you have lousy weather and lots of funky clouds. They're not from here. All mine are accounted for.

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Yes! Agreed, someone else is the culprit, these are coming
from the SW so i know they are not yours.
Keep a cloud count and make sure none of yours escapes though, i dont need any more, Please!!

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Unitron 131-C
Meade 16" F4.5 EQ Starfinder
1976 Celestron Pacific C5
Celestron C90-Astro
Tak FSQ106ED
Astro-Physics 900-GTO
Masuyama`s 35mm, 30mm, 25mm-Wide, 20mm, 10mm

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Thanks Michael, Tuttle's a LOT easier to sketch than Holmes is.

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And thank goodness--sketching at temps like 7°F, you have to use all the tricks.

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Michael Rosolina
Celestron CGE Pro 1400 f/11 SCT
1980 Orange Tube C8 f/10 SCT
4.25" f/4.2 Astroscan Reflector
50mm f/10 Galileoscope
40mm PST f/10
APM Germany HD 15x70 binoculars
Canon 12x36 IS II binoculars
Mark I Eyeball
My CN Gallery

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