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Hi,
The comet 17P/Holmes in Perseus is even brighter tonight with a much
larger coma than last night. I have been observing it since shortly
after sundown in the twilight to the west of Alpha and Delta Perseus.
Very obviously a yellowish fuzzy comet with a false elongated nucleus.
Will be visible the rest of the night high in the North East.
Patrick


-- In northstarastronomical@yahoogroups.com, "discoverer98"
<discoverer98@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> The bright comet 17P/Holmes in Perseus has brightened several
> maginitudes over night and the last observed magnitude for this comet
> was ml 2.8 which would make it the brightest comet seen in the
northern
> skies since comet McNaught (the only daylight comet this observer has
> ever observed) speared our daylight skies with its brilliance in
> January.
> This comet will be passing near Mirphak (alpha Perseus) over the
next
> several nights and should make a pretty sight both in binoculars and
> naked eye.
> Patrick
>