Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Halloween Holmes


Comet 17P Holmes....Spooky!
At the moment in the constellation of Perseus, lies a strange object bright enough to view without a telescope. It is the Comet 17P Holmes which started as a very feint object a couple of weeks ago and then suffered an 'outburst' which has increased it's brightness to that of a bright star!
It's coma is ghostly!
Problem is...I can't see it at the moment because of the total cloud cover. I hope to capture an image as soon as the cloud clears...watch this space!

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