[Atmob-discuss] The comet

[Mike Schexnaydre]

Hi Tal,

I observed tonight from near you in Lancaster and it does indeed look like a
dandelion -- that is exactly how I told my wife what to look for in the
binoculars.   I was just using some 10x50 Pentax binoculars handheld and it
was a really nice sight.  I could also pick up a layering to the halo -- may
have been an optical illusion but it certainly seemed to be there on
multiple views.

Mike



On 10/30/07, E.Talmadge Mentall <tmentall at juno.com> wrote:
>
>
> *Comet Holmes is magnificent in my tripod-mounted 25x100 binoculars
> tonight. The sky here in Beautiful Midtown Clinton is nice and transparent.
> There were 3 stars in a line at about the 8:30 position, one star closer to
> the comet at 5 o'clock, and one brighter star a little farther away at 1
> o'clock. I saw a comment last night from a little girl who said that the
> comet looked like the head of a dandelion, ready to release its seeds. She
> nailed it perfectly!*
> **
> *Tal*
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