Has anyone been observing Mars over the weekend? A 2 a.m. local time 10/22 I turned my C-8 to Mars. Although the planet was in about 85% gibbous phase I could...
I observed Mars on the mornings of 10/13 and 10/14. There was no visible polar cap. But, I think this the wrong season for a polar cap to form. Syrtis Major...
With the skies clearing tonight after some much needed rain I figured I'd give this Comet Holmes a shot. Stepped outside at 10pm - the backyard was pretty...
Comet Holmes forms a near perfect right triangle with alpha and delta Perseus tonight and appears brighter than delta Per. In my 4" scope at 30-40x there is a...
Jim, I took the scope out an caught a photo of Comet Holmes. It has a bright nucleus, a large round glow and a "tail" within the glow. Very unusual. I placed...
Hi Tim, Wow, very nice shot of it. Certainly an interesting object that merits following the next few weeks. Thanks for sharing it! Jim ... the glow. ... 10pm...
We are watching it from Middle River. Got a few dim images with a Celestron Planetary imager on an 80mm Refractor. Noticed a central star-like core and another...
As Tim mentioned, there appears to be a background star, TYC-3334 at mag 8.275 which may be the second "core" object. If so, the two should separate rapidly. ...
Tonight (10/30) I observed Comets Holmes from Middle River. I could not detect a second core object. So it may indeed have been a star. Last night I took some...
Got the 10" out last evening to check out Comet Holmes. Even with heavy light pollution from my driveway the comet is easy naked eye as a stellar object. At...
Comet Holmes has moved and changed a bit. Tonight the nucleus was much more difficult to see and the inner coma seems to be blending in with the outer coma....
Bill, I agree it also looks dimmer then Delta Per - last week it looked brighter. Do you think it's because it is fading or it's bigger? The inner coma seemed...
Tim, I think it's bigger. Also, the nucleus was much more difficult to see last night and the inner coma was more diffuse. Maybe it is ejecting more material...
Holmes was visibly more dim tonight. It is no longer equal to or brighter than delta Per, to the naked eye. In the scope, it appears not to have changed much...
I just added a photo of the comet that I took from my driveway within the city of Baltimore. I used a C9.25 and a Meade DSI I color camera. The shot is a...
I didn't buy a new scope but whenever I even think about taking mine out there seems to be gathering clouds. It's almost like a Spielberg movie. LOL. ... ...
I just look tonight the Comet is bigger fainter (not naked eye) and the bright area seems stretched with no hint if a "Nucleus". of course it is hazy so how...
Comet Holmes is becoming faint to extremely faint depnding upon your seeing conditions and aperture. I had to jiggle the scoope slightly tonight to confirm...
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