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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

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

This could be helpful:
sky map

or

Spaceweather photo gallery

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.)

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.

I mis typed, do it all the time

"FACE" NNE
look "down to the RIGHT"
Sorry about that[/b]

I am curious if Holmes should still be visible? I know its retreating currently, however I dont think I've been able to spot it (Although cloud coverage could be to blame as well). I've been trying to get my telescope set up right so I can get a look at it.