[meteorite-list] Holmes [17P], continued

[Chris Peterson]

Big- over 10 arcmin across. More comet-like than the previous nights. 
I'm not seeing much color tonight, and it seems a little less bright to 
the naked eye, but that may because the air isn't as transparent, and 
the Moon is really interfering. We have clouds rolling in, so I won't be 
doing much more tonight. I did get a series of images which I've 
analyzed and added to my report, 
http://www.cloudbait.com/gallery/comet/holmes.html. The nucleus is 
clearly not at the center of the coma- I'm not sure if this is a sign of 
tail formation, or possibly some breakup.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Langenfeld" <mlangen at execpc.com>
To: <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu>; "Sterling K. Webb" 
<sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Holmes [17P], continued


> Can someone with clear skies give us a report tonight?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark