New Naked Eye Comet - 17/P Holmes

That's class Kieran!

That's a cool composition!

I wonder if anyone has the software to analyse the positions of the comet and generate a set of orbital elements from them? It would be fun to see how closely it matches the published elements!

Phil.

This may be my last look at Holmes as the forecast for the next five days is not good.
It if continues to become more transparent, it will then bring the challenge of attempting to sketch almost nothing in the dark night sky.

I got a brief look at it in the 8.75" a couple of nights ago and it had expanded and faded noticably alright, but still quite bright overall. Your sketch is very much what I saw at 33x - definite elongation of the inner coma. If you want to use the 20" before it fades from view (and gets too big to fit in the field of view!) then give me a bell the next clear evening you're free.

Philip.

Nice job Kieran, shows the increase of size nicely. And in such a short space of time... wow.

Wonderful job Kieran!
Really gives you a sense of how dramatic this event is.

A class image Kieran !