"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
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Ahhh...

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/comets/...2005-01-12.jpg

Rushing around like a mad thing tonight as I take an astro class at
the local primary school on Wednesday evenings. I've learned loads
;-)


Parting indeed.
My last Machholz image: http://faxmentis.org/html/machholz5.html

(Don't get your hopes up - no tail...)

Short nights and high trees have conspired to make any further shots unlikely.

....and a question: What is the *actual* colour of the gas/ion/dust cloud?
Greenish or blueish?
Lacking RGB filters (and suffiecient patience) I can't make a definite
pronouncement.

--
Jeff R.
(in stinking-hot [39+C] Sydney)