Hey guys, Though unsuccessful in locating comet after departing the wittle wabbit's lair...when I arrived home at 8:55, I took my binocs to the "backyard", and...
Hi all What a super night..Comet Holmes in all its glory...Great views with Ray.s DOB (semi-goto) and fantastic hospitality from Hienz ,Mona and Mother... ...
Thank you very much Heinz and family for your warm welcome. Great observation of Holmes comet, M2, M33, M31, 32, 110, Perseus double cluster, ET, M15.... The...
May I add my thanks to Heinz and the ladies of the Dietel Farm for their "warm" hospitality and for the delectable culinary delights that we were introduced...
Hi Guys, I just posted a pic of a/m comet in photo files. Interesting study...best if you can adjust your screen brightness...good detail in 4x pic at low...
Hi all. Tried imaging the comet before the clouds rolled in at 7pm tonight..It now seems to be twice the size..It over fills my Sac8 ccd ..also imaged with...
Thank you for the update Terry; I have not been out looking at it. I have been much preoccupied with other items on my plate. Clear skies and keep looking up! ...
Hi all Posted 2 images taken with the Sac8 ccd...Check the size difference between the 28th oct and Nov 5th.. Posted under Comet Holmes in photo section Terry...
Terry, Yes, a sizable increase & in such a short time. Usually action, (movement)astronomical is so slow as to be not noticeable...as JPL has stated Holmes...
Reference Wiped Out & Been there before - I was wondering, since that silly season is now upon us (the end of construction and the cooling down to the Grey...
Hello Terry - reference the image taken on the 5th - What is the cause of the two arcs noted at image bottom-right. I can figure out the light and dark spots -...
Great pictures Terry, I really like the last one comparing the size of comet Holmes. Will it stop growing? Haven't seen it since Friday at Heinz. Anxious to...
Hello fellow BYAers! Well I was able to look out around 8 p.m. local with a small bino - to that fuzzy that is near Andrameda. Later, I observed it with my ...
Anyone!!, check Spaceweather for details...The comet is now larger in diametre,including the debris cloud, than the sun!!! It is the largest object in the...
Hey, Dan ... I think you need to add the word 'visually' in that sentence, otherwise if this information gets out, it will go around the net like the mars...
Hey Dan ... I take that back .... it is not visual, it's actual size they are referring to! Holy Molley ... 1.4 million KM. Guess I should have read the...
Hello folks - a tad chilly with residual winds but some open sky... Saw the comet again by Binos, this time. It appears fainter than a week ago, without the ...
Hi all Posted a picture of Comet Holmes and the star Mirfak in my Comet Holmes image directory..Taken with the Nexstar 80 mm at F3 and the Sac8-11 camera Terry...
Hello Terry - That is an interesting observation. I keep examining the saturation spike that extends into the debris field. And of course there is also the...
-AS I said in the post I used a Sac8-11 ccd camera.. It has a small field of view like most cheaper ccd cameras.. The field of view is about the size of a full...
Hi, While trying to tease out details from the photo,using the too-easy variable brightness controll on this old lap-top I realized that Mirfak, the Alpa star...
Hi Terry - Field of View of the Moon = That, I understand! I noted Dan's use of illumination, which I cant do; and still wonder of the possible "background ...
Hello folks - I should have included a question in my last post; but I was too into wondering about heavenly bodies to coach the question. I believe next...
Beautiful is right!! and quite a range too!! from the blackness of space to the curvature of the earth, to the thinness of the atmosphere,to the "eye" of the...
Hey guys, The good news is that I finally bought a house in Ottawa ... the bad news is that the land developer will not allow my dome in the backyard, so I am...
