In a report it is stated that Comet Holmes is visible again by naked eye after fading out for about a week or so. Has anyone seen the comet by naked eye in...
IMCG has offered the night of Wednesday the 5th or Thursday the 6th of December. For some reason, they cannot offer the night of Friday or Saturday. Many...
Aoa Saif sb, I was not able to see Comet Holmes even with my 7x50 binoculars tonight. The seeing was below average. Maybe the event was short-lived, and the...
Aoa Omer, Yes some old rocks gathered in Islamabad while stars gathered outside in spite of the weather man's predictions. We even did a small observing...
Aoa Waqas, I think weather-wise the cloud presence in the evening is a concern. Wednesday is supposed to be a sunny day, but Thursday is supposed to be cloudy,...
Considering the uncertain weather conditions I would suggest to hold the meeting at IMCG sometimes during next week. Hopefully the sky at night would be more...
I was able to see the comet on Monday night around 7pm with my 10x50 binocular.It was hardly visible, I had a great difficulty spotting it. It's still in...
Please add if anything is missing. Minutes of Meeting 1 – Get-together at Mr. Saif Qureshi’s House Saturday 17th Nov. (Report formulated by Waqas A. Qazi) ...
Just a little addition in Available Equipment list: Mr Saeed Nazar has 3" Refractor with erecting lens, smart looking telescope. Saif ... camera. ... Saturn. ...
I saw the comet with naked eye on tuesday night at 10:45 pm. You have to look overhead by using averted sight. With binocular it's easily spotted. The...
Dear Saif, Can you please guide me where you find Comet holmes in the sky? Starry Night software shows the comet location just above the star Mirfak but I had...
Behzad, In order to locate the comet Holmes the best time is when it reaches overhead, coming out of horizon haze. Yesterday (5th Dec) I observed it around...
Dear Saif, Thanks for reply. I had comet with naked eyes 20 days ago when it was very close and charming. But after that the sky was foggy and cloudy that why...
Attached find location of Holmes as seen from ISB for 7 pm and 10 pm tonight. Let me know if any one would like to see location at any other time/location...
Thanks Amjad for holmes location in sky. I am from Lahore I want to see it from Lahore. Kind Regards, Behzad Anwar _____ From: astronomy-atLAST@yahoogroups.com...
Ok, here you go. As you might have guessed, location doesn't change a lot between ISB and LHR. Its N 73 deg above horizon at 10pm tonight. I have also...
Aoa, OK, last night I decided to try out my home-made binocular mirror mount to take up this challenge of observing Comet Holmes. I was able to observe it at...
AoA to All, Geminid meteor shower is showing up soon. The shower starts from 6th Dec few meteors per hour, reaching its peak on 14th Dec. The night between...
Hello Everyone, I will be going to "Telescope House" http://www.telescopehouse.com/ next week to get stuff for my observatory. I will be returning to pakistan...
Umair! Thanks for the generous offer. I am in the middle of something and won't be able to utilize your offer. But generally speaking, does any one of us own...
Omer I am not a reguler bino observer but 80mm bino is not a bad idea at all. The biggest advantage is perhaps that some people claim to see 3D images while...
Assalamo alaikum Umair Thanks for such a great offer. Is it at all possible for you to bring a binocular weighing 4lbs (about 2Kg) from telescope house? And...
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