Hello,

Happy New Year!

Here is a new image of comet Machholz... which is naked eye now in
the southern sky and headed up to M-45. Check it out. The comet has
a thin faint tail with a wider anti-tail (its own tail seen around
the back side of the solar system).

These images are from last night (30 Dec) with 5 minutes each in
Lum, Red, Green, and Blue. I have incorporated some info on
processing. It is time consuming... more so than just taking the
images.

http://www.regulusastro.com/regulus/photos/text/c2004q2machholz.html

Clear Skies,

~johnb