Hello Earl.

01 Nov 07 09:03, you wrote to all:

 ET> Anyone get a chance to look for comet Holmes?


    Darn, didn't have time to even think about it otherwise I would have
setup the telescope.


 ET>  Last night was the
 ET> first really clear night here in Minnesota in the last several weeks
 ET> so I went out with my binoculars around 10PM last night.  It's very
 ET> easy to find using a couple of the stars of Cassiopeia as a pointer.
 ET> When I went out, the stars pointed straight down so I just panned
 ET> downward and there it was - a circular fuzzy patch with a slightly
 ET> brighter center - very obvious once you've seen it and it's easy to
 ET> pick it out as a fuzzy-looking star with the naked eye, even here in
 ET> the light-polluted suburbs of Minneapolis.

     What suburb are you in? I am in New Hope just northwest of the cities.

 ET>  Of course last night was a
 ET> cool fall night with fairly clear skies that we get this time of year
 ET> instead of the more humid summer nights.  Quite a sight - go look if
 ET> you have a chance.

 ET> Here's a web site about it -
 ET> http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071023-comet-holmes-update.html

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Jeff

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