[Atmob-discuss] [NSAAC] Comet Holmes... tonight

[John Boudreau]

The bright, almost starlike object is commonly called the nucleus, but in reality the real nucleus itself is obscured by gas and dust. A more correct term for it would be the inner coma or region of the nucleus. But it's pretty much accepted to call it the nucleus as most everyone knows what is being inferred.

---John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Ackert" <astroskier at comcast.net>
To: "NSAAC" <nsaac at nsaac.org>; <ATMoB-discuss at atmob.org>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Atmob-discuss] [NSAAC] Comet Holmes... tonight


Great shot Art. I¹ve heard  that the bright object in tonight¹s view (your
image) is actually the nucleus. Can anyone verify this?

Kevin Ackert


on 10/29/07 10:51 PM, Arthur M. Schneiderman at art at schneiderman.com wrote:

> Here¹s a raw image I took tonight.  It appears that the two pieces in
> yesterday¹s images were indeed background stars.
>  
> -- Art --
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