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New Naked Eye Comet - 17/P Holmes
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Comet definetly shows a very bright nucleus (slightly-elongated perhaps?) with a bright diffuse region surrounding it. Nucleus appears off-centre relative to surrouding material.
I wonder then Mike if the way you have seen it is how it is travelling? I mean, it is down as travelling 10 arcmin per day, so maybe before dawn, you'll definitely notice that elongation get more elongated.

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I'd agree with that mag. estimate.This comet is easy to spot naked eye even with the Moon and suburban skies and really bright in binoculars. It's in the same binocular FOV as Delta Persei and in my opinion the same magnitude, i.e. 3.0. It's like a nova has appeared in Perseus!
BTW, good to see you back here Gordon.
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