Comet Machholz in Caelum

Went out about 2am this morning to find comet Machholz in=20
Caelum. Even with the bright moonlight the comet was easy=20
to spot with 10x42 binoculars. Through the TV76 at 53x a=20
small right triangle of stars was visible just above the=20
comet. The only reason i'm making this post is that it will=20
probably be the only time i'll ever get to report seeing=20
something in Caelum!

;-)

-Florian

I did a little checking on Caelum. It translates to the=20
Sculptor's Chisel. It was named by Abb=E9 Nicolas Louis=20
de Lacaille who named some other obscure southern=20
constellations. See here...

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/con.../Lacaille.html


-Florian

I did a little checking on Caelum. It translates to the
Sculptor's Chisel. It was named by Nicolas Louis
de Lacaille who named some other obscure southern
constellations.

Couple targets in Caelum worth a look:
R Caeli is a long-period variable (391 days, 6.7-13.7mag.)
GammaCaeli is a nice double-star (4.6, 8.0 @ 2.9")