Thread: Holmes coma detail - October 30th
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Default Holmes coma detail - October 30th
This is nice chart of cometary molecules at:
http://astrochem.gsfc.nasa.gov/cosmic-ice/dos/Cometary

"I.N. Galidakis" wrote:

Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 21:40:58 +0200, "I.N. Galidakis"
wrote:

do you or anyone else have spectral data on Holmes?

Check out John Menke's report at
http://menkescientific.com/Comet17P-Holmes.pdf

Many thanks!

Such as what kind of spectrum does it have and what are the most
prominent elements that show on its spectrum?

CN, C2, NH2.
[snip]

What's C2?

Thanks again,

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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