New Naked Eye Comet - 17/P Holmes

Sweet!
First image of a comet!



Taken with the ETX125PE.
Phillips Spc900 webcam (no barlow)

Here's a wide angle shot similar to the lads above..




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It's not showing up on the bigger image but I can see a darker area in the core..

Hi,

Later in the evening I tried the 4.8mm eyepiece on my 25cm f/5 refl.

Within the very bright disc, there appeared an almost stellar point of light. It was offset very near the edge.

So the comet has four components:
1. Faint diffuse halo, although thin cloud made this difficult to gauge.
2. Bright inner halo.
3. Very Bright central disc.
4. Almost stellar point, offset in the central disc.

(Yes Gordon, it does look like a bright version of the Eskimo Nebula)

It should be interesting to see how it developes (I am sure it will turn cloudy...)


John

Isn't astronomy just a fantastic hobby! You just never know what the universe will throw at you!

In most cases I would prefer to know!

Seanie Morris wrote:

Isn't astronomy just a fantastic hobby! You just never know what the universe will throw at you!

Just like the wife :lol:

wow, this thing has become very bright, nice images lads BTW, tonight's the night to catch it as the weather is turning sour tomorrow.

Just had a look at it for a second night, first in the binoculars and it is much bigger tonight and possibly a little brighter than last night. In the telescope it is simply stunning. Big circular coma, a point like nucleus and a quadrant of the coma showing a fan like mini tail to the west completely contained within the coma.
Gotta go and look again.......