Jeff Young
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I had a hard time finding it -- I was also expecting something with a tail. Through 18x70's it looks more like a small planetary nebula than a comet. ("You mean the fuzzy thing?" asks my wife.)
Once you know where it is it's an easy naked eye object, even through high clouds with a full moon (see Keith's shot above, which is pretty similar to my sky right now).
I wonder if it's worth trundling out to the 16" in the observatory?
-- Jeff.
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Keith g
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No tail! Last shot, unless it brightens further !
Keith..
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/1734770836_c5d1ad68fc_o.jpg
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OldDeadOne
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Go for it,and tell us what you see with your 16" 
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plutarko
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The last picture. Taken with SPC900 webcam and SC8 at F10
David Cardeñosa
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OldDeadOne
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Sweet closeup!
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Bert O'Dell
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mikey cee
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Great Caesar's Ghost I'll have to put the big Erfle on the 6" Jaegers to it tonight!!  Mike
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ph2
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With a 10” refractor at 100x and 235x the comet is a round circular shaped object. The color is yellow.
It is fainter towards the edge and have a smaller and brighter innermost region. At the very edge of this brighter central area (fan shaped??) is a stellar knot or point.
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Olivier Biot
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I hope to get to see it on Friday - the only moment this week we're expected to have another astronomy window of opportunity. It was of course clear till this morning 
Cheers!
Olivier
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rodney
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With this comet heading away from the sun I could not imagine it would produce a tail.
Then again who knows.
CS,
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melonman
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According to the Sky and Telescope article, Comet expert Gary Kronk, "expects it to grow to several arcminutes across," in the next few days. Does this mean a tail? I don't know but maybe the gas and dust will get strung out into a tail given more time. Sounds like this could last a while and be quite interesting.
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OldDeadOne
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Melonman I hope so dude!
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Jeff Young
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Hey, thanks for the encouragement! That was pretty neat -- and I probably would have blow it off without Bert's kick in the pants.
Visually, through the 16", the fan shape was a bit more pronounced than in David's image, extending about 1/3 of the way to the outside of the "halo". The point at the tip of the fan is small, but visibly non-stellar. Visually, the halo is less graduated, keeping most of its brightness to about 90% of the way out, and then fading quite rapidly in the last 10%. The halo is about 60" across.
The yellow color was quite pronounced at 175x (26T5); a bit less-so at 260x (17T4). The seeing wasn't really up to 375x (12T4).
I did a quick sketch (my second ever), but I won't get a chance to scan it in till tomorrow.
-- Jeff.
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rusirius6278
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more info...updated from Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17P/Holmes
Jim
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Glassthrower
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My only scope mount is off being serviced! Of course!
All I have at my disposal is tripod mounted 15x70 binoculars from my urban NELM ~4.5 skies. With no tail and moon inteference, I am not liking my chances of picking it out from the crowded Perseus starfield.
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rusirius6278
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more comet info:
http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html
1st paragraph sums it up nicely.
http://cometography.com/pcomets/017p.html
last paragraph is about the curent sudden brightening...for those who don`t want to read all the history, etc., and/or the whole article...and, of course, the link`s also provided for those who do want to read the history, etc...  
Jim
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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
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Tuugii
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hey guys,
I had just got the permission to use the 21" cass. scope for imaging the comet for the period of one week!
I'll use my Canon Xti camera. Any advices on the values of ISO, exposure? we have a bright moon tonight.
thanks,
Tuugii
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Tom Trusock
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A buddy just spotted it about an hour from me. It's still cloudy here.
He puts it at ~ mag 2.5. It makes a backwards L with alpha and delta per. The good news is there's nothing else there remotely that bright.
I'm hoping these clouds clear....
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Glassthrower
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It's clear outside right now, I just came in from trying with my 15x70 bino and I could not pick it out. I see Alpha and Delta, but I cannot pick out a bright yellow "star" ....?
Is the "L" upside down or right side up?
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RogerRZ
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Quote:
A buddy just spotted it about an hour from me. It's still cloudy here.
He puts it at ~ mag 2.5. It makes a backwards L with alpha and delta per. The good news is there's nothing else there remotely that bright.
I'm hoping these clouds clear....
It's clear here, and an easy naked eye pick. It's fuzzy yellowish blob is unmistakeable, even through my cheapie 8X42s...
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Tuugii
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Quote:
Is there a tail viewable with this comet?
no tail. just a bright orange glow.
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