Tuttle has brightened considerably since last I imaged it while Holmes is but a shadow of its former self (though one needs to remember that when Holmes dramatically brightened in the 1890s it did it again a couple of months later so maybe it'll do it again this time). Side-by-side of pictures I took a few minutes ago with a 1 minute exposure of Tuttle on the left and a 5 minute exposure of Holmes on the right. Both unguided with C-14 @ f/11 and ST-10 binned 3x3 and chilled to -25. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/TUTTLEHOLMES.JPG The vertical stripe is an artifact of the camera that I didn't bother to fix since the pictures are not keepers. patrick On 31 Dec 2007, at 15:54, Kurt Fisher wrote:
The IR sat image is showing some clearing skies tonight. Internet scuttle butt is that both Comet 8P Tuttle and Comet Holmes are visible in 10x50 binos. May be worth a quick peak between imbibes tonight.