Really cool pic, Kurt, and the spaceweather one is great too. I am hoping one of our group can take spectra of the star with the comet in front, just to see what that's like. Also of the comet where it's not near the star. Also of the star alone. Might be something to learn from that. Meanwhile, I hope I can get up the energy to get a pic with the comet in front of Alpha Parsei. -- Joe Kurt Fisher <fisherka@csolutions.net> wrote: Here's a quick pic I took on the night of 11-19 at 2am with a telephoto lens. Nothing to write-home about compared to the same pic on today's spaceweather.com. http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/v/kurt/solarsystem/Comet+17P+Holmes/039.PNG... 17P dimmed rapidly between 11-16 and 11-19 (~ 1 mags) and was further washed out by a 1st quarter Moon. It was no longer visible with the naked eye and is best seen when on the zenith after the Moon set. Here, the comet is at approx. alt 75 degs and visually showed less detail then when on the zenith. But on the zenith with a small refractor, it was still a heart stopper partially covering Mirfak. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.