Comet 17/P Holmes in outburst (Perseus)

Great stuff Paul, superb!

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"Paul L Money" wrote in message
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Following on from the earlier thread:

Images of Comet P17/ Holmes are now on my web site - follow this link
(hope it works - seems to at the moment!).

http://www.astrospace.co.uk/gallery/...olmes-p17.html

Tonight, Oct 28th, it seemed to be around Mag 2.5 and clearly naked eye
visible even with moonlight. 10x50 bins showed a small fuzzy 'ball'
whilst the 10" F5 Newtonian showed a wonderful round halo and closer in,
an elongated smaller patch off to one side of the nucleus.

Of course the weather is now going to spoil things for us but I hope you
all get a chance to view it.

Best wishes

Paul
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In article , Andy G
writes
Great stuff Paul, superb!

Ta for the encouragement - hope everyone else is getting a chance to see
it. Look like i might get a clear spell this evening so lets see what I
can get - darn it I've just jinxed everyone now - sorry!

Paul
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Hi folks,

New images taken Oct 29th now added including a comparison showing the
movement and increase in size over the two nights viewed so far.

http://www.astrospace.co.uk/gallery/...olmes-p17.html

Enjoy!


Is it me or is the inner bright patch slightly yellow in colour?


Paul M
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Paul,

I wish I'd seen your finder chart earlier; I could have saved myself a hour
or so pouring over star charts trying to identify "that big blob". Being a
novice, I initially assumed that I was misreading the charts, but eventually
decided to turn on the PC to see if there was anything on the NG. What a
stroke of luck I just happened to point the binos in the right direction.

A real treat.

Pete K

"Paul L Money" wrote in message
...
Following on from the earlier thread:

Images of Comet P17/ Holmes are now on my web site - follow this link
(hope it works - seems to at the moment!).

http://www.astrospace.co.uk/gallery/...olmes-p17.html

Tonight, Oct 28th, it seemed to be around Mag 2.5 and clearly naked eye
visible even with moonlight. 10x50 bins showed a small fuzzy 'ball'
whilst the 10" F5 Newtonian showed a wonderful round halo and closer in,
an elongated smaller patch off to one side of the nucleus.

Of course the weather is now going to spoil things for us but I hope you
all get a chance to view it.

Best wishes

Paul
--
For my web site - Astrospace go to http://www.astrospace.co.uk
For Astro holidays that are outathis world go visit the following:
Fieldview http://www.fieldview.net/
COAA (Algarve) http://www.coaa.co.uk/index.html

In article , BillyPIg
writes
Paul,

I wish I'd seen your finder chart earlier; I could have saved myself a hour
or so pouring over star charts trying to identify "that big blob". Being a
novice, I initially assumed that I was misreading the charts, but eventually
decided to turn on the PC to see if there was anything on the NG. What a
stroke of luck I just happened to point the binos in the right direction.

A real treat.

Pete K

Glad I could be of some help - I've now put up another image which shows
the comets movement over 4 nights and how it's getting larger - enjoy!

Paul
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For my web site - Astrospace go to http://www.astrospace.co.uk
For Astro holidays that are outathis world go visit the following:
Fieldview http://www.fieldview.net/
COAA (Algarve) http://www.coaa.co.uk/index.html

In article , Iordani
writes
Paul L Money wrote:


Glad I could be of some help - I've now put up another image which shows
the comets movement over 4 nights and how it's getting larger - enjoy!

The Gallery is now fully uploaded - enjoy.

but there are no pics.

I've check with several different computers and force reloaded the pages
and they're all there so I suggest you reload the page - right click and
choose reload either the page or if needed the frame - see if that
helps.

best wishes

Paul

PS It's cloudy for me and looks set to be like that for several days now
:-(
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Paul L Money wrote:


Glad I could be of some help - I've now put up another image which shows
the comets movement over 4 nights and how it's getting larger - enjoy!

The Gallery is now fully uploaded - enjoy.

but there are no pics.