by Case » Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:30 am
Sudhamshu wrote:By the way, i was searching for Comet Holmes, couldn't locate it so took this snap of my favourite constellation.
Here's how I find the comet:
With Orion in the East, you should look towards North-North-East, about 1/6 of a full circle to the left. A bit higher in the sky than Orion, you should find the somewhat bright stars γ And (Almach), α Per (Mirfak) and β Per (Algol) form a triangle. Right below that is another smaller triangle of α Per, δ Per and Holmes. Holmes is the lower one, and in binoculars visible as a disc; notably not a point source such as stars are.
(Click for a quarter sky chart.)
If you have trouble finding the Almach-Mirfak-Algol triangle, then start out with
Cassiopeia and go eastward.
[quote="Sudhamshu"]By the way, i was searching for Comet Holmes, couldn't locate it so took this snap of my favourite constellation.[/quote]
Here's how I find the comet:
With Orion in the East, you should look towards North-North-East, about 1/6 of a full circle to the left. A bit higher in the sky than Orion, you should find the somewhat bright stars γ And (Almach), α Per (Mirfak) and β Per (Algol) form a triangle. Right below that is another smaller triangle of α Per, δ Per and Holmes. Holmes is the lower one, and in binoculars visible as a disc; notably not a point source such as stars are.
[url=http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1941/holmesfinderchartsp4.jpg][img]http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5922/holmesfinderchartsmallsd7.jpg[/img][/url] (Click for a quarter sky chart.)
If you have trouble finding the Almach-Mirfak-Algol triangle, then start out with [url=http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6835/cassiopeiadr3.jpg]Cassiopeia[/url] and go eastward.