[Utah-astronomy] Found a comet (sort of)

While preparing to develop Friday night's test images I came across three plates I'd put away long ago and never got around to developing. So after finishing with Friday's shots I plopped the three mystery plates in the developer. Alas, sitting at room temperature for what I can now see were 12 years took their toll but the subject of the pictures is recognizable: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/hb1997.jpg Hmmm, maybe I could pass them off as astro photos taken in the 19th century. :) patrick