Good evening
I live in West Covina California / Southern California and although we enjoy some of the foulest air quality on this rock I happen to own a 10 inch reflector telescope “ For those one to two nights out of the year that you can actually see the moon “ In any event could someone please tell me at what time and in which direction I might look to see this comet
If it were come to pass that one of those two nights a year in which seeing it might be possible was to be this week
Thank you
comet holmes
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craterchains
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I think todays APOD answered that one, 
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071103.html
"Surprising Comet Holmes remains easily visible as a round, fuzzy cloud in the northern constellation Perseus."
Norval
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071103.html
"Surprising Comet Holmes remains easily visible as a round, fuzzy cloud in the northern constellation Perseus."
Norval
"It's not what you know, or don't know, but what you know that isn't so that will hurt you." Will Rodgers 1938
If you think of the North Star at 12:00, then the comet lies at about the 2:00 position in the sky and can be seen easily after 10:pm. follow from the Pleaides (3:00 position) about 1/3 of the way towards Polaris.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071103.html
If this cometary coma appears to be 1/3 the size of the moon, and with the comet oriting beyond Mars, the Coma would envelope the planet Mars, (What a meteor shower that would give.)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071103.html
If this cometary coma appears to be 1/3 the size of the moon, and with the comet oriting beyond Mars, the Coma would envelope the planet Mars, (What a meteor shower that would give.)
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PassionateBomba
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Where is Holmes
Just after dark, NNE
Look up and find bright stars shaped like a misformed "W"
Go down to the left a little, after a gap about the size of the entire "W" you will see 3 stars not quite in a row. The center star is the brightest.
The comet is just above and right of the center star.
IT is very dim to the eye and just looks like a very small cloud
With binoculars, still looks like a small cloud, only better.
Look up and find bright stars shaped like a misformed "W"
Go down to the left a little, after a gap about the size of the entire "W" you will see 3 stars not quite in a row. The center star is the brightest.
The comet is just above and right of the center star.
IT is very dim to the eye and just looks like a very small cloud
With binoculars, still looks like a small cloud, only better.
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PassionateBomba
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Where is Holmes
I mis typed, do it all the time
"FACE" NNE
look "down to the RIGHT"
Sorry about that[/b]
"FACE" NNE
look "down to the RIGHT"
Sorry about that[/b]