11 May
2006
11 May
'06
1:14 a.m.
So far tonight I've imaged all of the fragments but one (I'll get that one in an hour or so). Only one that shows anything of note and that's B. It is bright for a comet. Just a one second exposure overexposes the coma. But I don't know about it being naked eye. I can see it in 7x35s but not naked eye. Patrick Canopus56 wrote:
This is reposted from Crinklaw's posting in another newsgroup:
"Component B of comet 73P has brightened significantly in the last few nights and is now as bright as 5th magnitude. It has been reported as a naked eye object even in moonlight. In images this component is also showing a great deal of activity in its nucleus, including jets and arcs."