rusirius6278
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last ones from me...please be sure to click on links to photos and how to find it in the night sky,
for NE Ohio, etc.,
http://andrebernier.com/
http://community.myfoxcleveland.com/blogs/andrebernier/2007/10/24/Locating_The_New_Comet
and for everyone,
http://www.spaceweather.com/
hope this helps,  
Jim
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Glassthrower
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GOT IT!!!!!!!! 
It was behind a tree, I was being impatient.
It's obvious - yellowish blob!
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rusirius6278
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GOT IT!!!!!!!!
It was behind a tree, I was being impatient.
It's obvious - yellowish blob!
Kewl!!!
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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edl
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Reged: 06/24/04
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Yep.
Easy naked eye object, even with the moon and light pollution.
A fan shaped bright central core, with a bright circular diffuse halo in the eyepiece.
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Glassthrower
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Loc: Hurricane Alley
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Clouds just rolled in and covered the sky. I was lucky to get it before the cloud deck formed up.
I got about 10 minutes of viewing.
Naked eye looks like a yellowish star where one should not be.
8x42 binoculars handheld it looked semi-stellar, but more bloated and yellow.
Mounted 15x70 it is obviously not stellar, big round yellow fuzzy blob.
Bagged and tagged.
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RogerRZ
Whatta you lookin' at?
Reged: 01/09/06
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Loc: West Collette, NB, Canada
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Yep.
Easy naked eye object, even with the moon and light pollution.
A fan shaped bright central core, with a bright circular diffuse halo in the eyepiece.
Pretty much what I saw too...Kind of looks like a yellow planet, observed through heavy haze.
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Glassthrower
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Pretty much what I saw too...Kind of looks like a yellow planet, observed through heavy haze.
Yup, very good description Roger.
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Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Buy/Sell/Trade Meteorites, Moon Rocks, Mars Rocks, & 35 different falls and types!
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Tuugii
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Reged: 03/22/07
Posts: 522
Loc: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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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
imagers, please help me!
thanks!
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Tommy5
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Reged: 03/28/04
Posts: 1392
Loc: Chicagoland
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The comet is easily visible with the naked eye from my chicago suburban home as an extra star in Perseus brighter then delta but dimmer then alpha Perseus,with 10x50 binocular's it is a yellow planet-like object not starlike at all,through my 6" achro at 220x the comet has a bright central area and a diffuse cloud surrounding it,no tail,i made a handheld snapshot,using my 3.2 fuji,camera.
Edited by Tommy5 (10/25/07 09:10 PM)
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zee
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Reged: 07/04/07
Posts: 134
Loc: Arizona (varies)
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got it in a snap. It was as bright as Mirfak naked eye (Mirfak being lost a bit in a glare of local lights), obviously yellow in the 9x finder, and vaguely like a super-bright elliptical galaxy at 48x. The image David C. has above on this page is like what my eye caught. I grabbed a couple strangers and showed it to them, too (I'm shameless that way), but they were less thrilled than I.
I want to know the science of the phenomenon beyond the generality "outgassing." Why this comet? Why last night?
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bruessow
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Reged: 05/31/04
Posts: 258
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Observed with naked eye, 8x40 binos and 8" dob. It impressive through all, but I enjoyed the view at about 100x in the dob the best. Beautiful nucleus... a few are seconds at best and a coma which had to be about 1' (arc minute)across... just a guess as it appeared roughly Jupiter sized. Also, the nucleus does have a wedge of bright white ejection material eminating from it that is visible in the coma at about 100x on up.
I did some webcam imaging of it, but couldn't get quite the right focal length to image it well 
The coma has a beautiful yellowish hue.
Thanks for the call Tom.
Edited by bruessow (10/25/07 12:09 AM)
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Gazer501
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Reged: 10/21/07
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Loc: Buckeye, AZ
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I'll have to catch a glimpse tonight! Thanks to all who have posted this good information.
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Meade 130MM x 1020MM W/Goto Mount Autostar #494
Zhumell 20 x 80 Binoculars
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Ron B[ee]
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Loc: CA
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Conditions couldn't have been worse around here in southern CA except clouds of course  . The sky was full of smokes from the fire at dust, near full Moon shining brightly. But I could make out two stars in the NE tonight and small what looked like a real dim star below it, none of which were very bright because of the smokes. Slipping in my 40mm Pentax XL (16x) into my 5-inch NP127 Light Cup, all was clear - it was the comet a roundish, *nonstellar* glow with a hint of a stellar core! The core was easy with my 30mm Ultima (22x) and 12mm Radian (55x). But the best view was through my 2-4mm Nagler zoom (165x-330x) and lots of fun zooming back and forth. At 330x, it looks like a circular glow swirling around (due to bad seeing and wind ) a bright round core. No tail . What a sight - I could hardly wait when the smokes clear and clear sky return. Color looked yellowish at low power but I don't rely on it tonight because of the smokes. Later in the session, I couldn't even see the comet naked eye anymore due to more smokes.
This is the best of my attempt to catch the image with my DSLR and a Tele Vue 2X Barlow. Note a star in the lower left hand corner. Visually it looked a lot of heck better.
Ron B[ee]
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4-inch Tele Vue TV-102 APO 
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gimmeabeer
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Reged: 03/10/07
Posts: 170
Loc: Rockford, Illinois
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COOL  ! I thought this was pretty exciting. This is my 1st comet, well I saw Comet McNaught but I didnt have a telescope at the time so all of my observing was naked eye with it.
Tonight was really exciting... not only would I be viewing my first comet through a telescope, I also received 3 more Hyperions today, perfect first light for them!
I observed it for the better part of 2 hours... only stopping to look at the ET, and Perseus double cluster briefly. Easy naked eye, and as others have said a bright yellow. Bright nucleus with a bright and distinct halo surrounding it. Very cool I am going to keep observing this thoughout the week (weather permitted of course) and keep notes on it.
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Rockford Illinois
Zhumell 10" DOB
William Optics Megrez 90 FD
Vixen Porta Mount
Full line of Baader Hyperion's
10X50 Binoculars
Edited by gimmeabeer (10/24/07 11:45 PM)
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Scott K
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Reged: 09/13/07
Posts: 916
Loc: Dallas, TX & Eufaula, OK
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The comet was easily visible naked eye here in light polluted Dallas. I'm on the intersection of two major streets, surrounded by streetlights. It was easy to spot. It seemed a little brighter than delta perseii to me. Sadly all of my astronomical equipment save for one small pair of 10x25mm binocular is in Oklahoma. (I'm going there tomorrow!) The comet appeared like a yellowish star in the 25mm binoculars. (Not surprising.) It's really quite obvious there near delta.
I am amazed I can see this at all in the city, what a wonderful event!
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Phillip Creed
Idiot Seeking Village
Reged: 07/25/06
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Loc: NE Ohio
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I'm still being hampered by high clouds, but...enough starlight's getting through them that I could see the comet:
17P/Holmes:
Oct 25.15 UT: m1 = 2.6, Dia = stellar, DC = 9...NE...Phillip J. Creed (Canton, OH) [Unbelievable. The disappointment of C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) is totally gone. The comet looks stellar to the naked-eye. I couldn't see any color through the thin gauze of cirrus, but in 10x50s, a yellow hue was obvious. In 10x50s it looked like a bright , yellow star that juuuuust wouldn't reach focus. The thin cirrus reduced NLM to less than 3.5, but enough comparison stars were around to make a decent estimate]
Clear Skies,
Phil
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tboss70
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Reged: 11/25/05
Posts: 1992
Loc: Missouri
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Check this one out. Clear as a bell hear. I have more data to go through, this was a quick process. Holmes is in the top right corner... brightest object in the picture.
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Todd
Edited by tboss70 (10/24/07 11:58 PM)
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INTJ
journeyman
Reged: 10/17/07
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Just came back from the observatory...
Spectacular! No tail visible yet but there is a bulge of the ejecta off to one side. Has a nice bright core and kinda looks like NGC3242, the Ghost of Jupiter Nebula. Didn't notice much color in it but that might change.
My colleague is still at the observatory taking pictures through his short-tube 80mm with a DSLR. I'll see if I can post what he comes up with.
I'll be back up there tomorrow night... should be exciting!
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Brian
Observatory:
Orion 80ED
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Biermann
journeyman
Reged: 09/20/07
Posts: 8
Loc: Santee, CA
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bummer... a little disappointing here in San Diego.
I just came back inside from a quick comet-searching in the backyard. Unfortunately, all the stars in Perseus look a little fuzzy due to the smoke from the wildfires.
Frame of reference - Epsilon Cassiopeia was NELM here. (mag 3.4) ... makes it a little tough to find reference stars. I'm sure I "saw" it, but all the stars look a little nebulous tonight.
I'll try getting up ~5 to try again.
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Chopin
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Reged: 02/03/05
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Loc: In the doghouse.
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ARRRGHH!!! The predicted weather here in CT is a big pile of poo poo until Monday! The only good news is that Moonrise for Monday night is 8:30ish which should give me a couple of hours to catch this little treat. (You hear me Holmes, hold on a few more days, would ya!?!) 
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