Hello List: We are finally back to clear skies. Once the Moon went away (rose later) we have had enough clouds to make observing comet Holmes frustrating.
We saw something interesting tonight: There was a star clearly visible through the comet coma! Using Starry Night, it appears that the comet is 3 arc minutes (1/10 of the lunar diameter) from a 7th magnitude star (HIP17476). It really gives you a feel for how thin the material in the coma of Holmes really is! Larry and Nancy Lebofsky ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
