[meteorite-list] Comet Holmes

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:11:44 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <2862.71.226.60.25.1193281904.squirrel_at_timber.lpl.arizona.edu>

Hello Don:

Sounds good to me! We could see all three in the same field of the binocs
and then could see it even with the naked eye. Not bad for a nearly full
moon! It looked a little reddish and the three of us (Nancy, me, and one
of my students) all could convince ourselves that it did not quite look
starlike (just a tad fuzzy).


On top of that, saw ISS at -27 magnitude and the shuttle 90 degrees behind
at -1.5 or a little brighter. Not a bad evening!

Larry

On Wed, October 24, 2007 7:33 pm, Don Merchant wrote:
> Hi List just went outside a few minutes ago. Tell me if I saw the comet.
> I
> looked down from Marfak (brightest star in perseus) to the next star
> called Delta Persei. Then I looked 2? to the left (which would be west at
> this time now) and BAM! This thing is bright!! Too bad no tail but my
> guess is something cataclysmic occurred internally and made it's way to
> the surface. So for those experts out there who have seen the comet does
> it seem as if I was looking in the right area and saw it? Just looking for
> some verification is all. Thanks
> Don M
>
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