I found this picture on my digital-astro group. It really does have a tail. http://members.dodo.net.au/~erwinvandervelden/Temp/machholz.jpg Debbie
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> Date: 2004/12/11 Sat AM 01:19:48 MST To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Comet Machholtz
astrodeb@charter.net wrote:
...Anyway, I found this big, bright round fuzzy object about the size of Omega Centauri. I'm not kidding, this thing is big. It was bigger and brighter than I had expected to see it. I thought "wow, this thing is going to only get brighter next month". I couldn't detect a tail but I'm thinking I should go east of town next time to a truly dark site and take some photos of this comet. It did not disappoint me. It is going northward more each night and the show will get better from now on.
Debbie
I just had a go at the comet here in Stansbury. Debbie was right.
I started with naked eye but some thin clouds to the south hid the comet from view. However, with cheap 7x35 binoculars it was very easy to see, despite the clouds.
If it's this good now I can only drool at the thoughts of what it might be like at its brightest.
Patrick
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