Comet Holmes

[Andy Warne]

"Amateur astronomers the world over have been stunned and amazed by the weirdest new object to appear in the sky in memory. And it's one of the brightest, too."

Just been outside to have a look, clearly visible with binoculars even under city lights but unfortunately it doesn't have a tail, just looks like a large, fuzzy star. Hope that doesn't mean it is heading straight towards us!

[paulchandler6]

Thanx for that Andy, will take a look later. The only area of sky with cloud cover here is to the north, so cant see it at the mo.

Paul

[The Black Rabbit]

Cheers Andy!
Just read this and me and my girlfriend been peering at it through our telescope.
Wonderful stuff!
MAny thanks again!
Doug

[Adam Cheeseman]

Managed to get a photo of the fuzzball tonight. Will post it when the mods have processed it.

Cheers,

Adam

[paulchandler6]

Have just managed to see it. Adam's description of "fuzzball" is about right.

Paul

[Adam Cheeseman]

Last night's photo of Comet Holmes. Not as good as it looked on the camera screen unfortunately. The fuzzball reminded me of a single albino frogspawn, which is not particularly obvious in this photo.

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...ometHolmes.JPG



Cheesr,

Adam

[flying red fox]

Cool i hope the Moon dosent shine as much as it did last night because i wsnt able to see it. Comet Holmes is just below Cassiopea i think?

[flying red fox]

I have been observing it for the last half hour, it looks great to see a Comet again

I wish my camcorder would pick it up though but nevermind.