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Comet Holmes!!

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:37 am
by lurch
..hey, during the 7 th inning stretch,,go outside, with binoculars, face north/ north east,,find the V of Cassiopeia , stretch out your arm,, put your pinky finger on the most east star of the V and almost straight down stretch out your hand,, about where your thumb is ,,is located Comet Holmes,,scan the area with Binocular and you Will come across a blob,, a brite blob,,Thats Comet Holmes which just exploded into visibilty in the last 24 hours,,If the Moon wasn't so brite you could see the comet with the naked eye,,soon the moon will rising after you can see the comet , Stay tuned for this one,,It could get even better!..( also posted in the Loresatt)

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:59 am
by High Lord Tolkien
Thanks!
Too cloudy to see it where I am now though.

The full moon looked 3 times it's size as it was coming up over the horizon this evening as I was driving home from work.
Absolutely breath taking.
Every time I look at it I think to myself: "We went there! People walked, drove a car and even played golf on the Moon!"
I think that's the greatest human achievement so far.