20 Aug
2006
20 Aug
'06
11:04 a.m.
Thanks for bringing this one up. It didn't show up in StarryNight and I didn't find it on the S&T website. But I found it quite easily last night from the Gravel Pit. Looked very large and diffuse.
Spotted it last night with a C-5 so tried getting a picture tonight with the C-14 & ST-10. Unguided 1 minute exposure. FOV is 18' x 26'. Brightest star in the field (lower right of the comet) is mag 10.4.
There is a binocular comet near 52 herculis and globular ngc6229 both worth looking at in their