I am curious, what causes the 18 spikes on the bright star? I really appreciate you sharing all of these pictures with us. You do a really nice job. Thanks. Dave -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Tyler Allred Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:42 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] New Comet Image - The tail is essentially gone Hi all. I imaged comet Holmes on the night of the 12th and the result is posted on my website at the link shown below. http://71.18.228.62/images/Holmes%2011-12-07.jpg It appears that the ion tail is gone but the shape of the comet is interesting. Cheers, Tyler _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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