Huh...none of those pictures look at all like what I saw last night....with the naked eye and light pollution, all you could see was a little blurry patch of light up in the sky where there is normally nothing.
Head north out of the city tonight with your binoculars, and I think you'll recognize it instantly. On 11/6/07, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, here's a photo. (It's the thing circled.) > http://www.spaceweather.com/comets/holmes/25oct07/Mick-Benedetti1.jpg > > That's about what it looked like to my naked eye. > > Here's a gallery of photos: > > http://www.spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_holmes_page2.htm?PHPSESSID=i2n1f2n1o9o0he9b91q8bk0ml1 > > I see the spotlight variety - but those are with a telescope or long > exposure photos. > > Naked eye, lots of light pollution = looks about like a star. > > -d > > > > On Nov 6, 2007 8:55 AM, G Money wrote: > > If it looked like "just another star", you most likely were not looking > at > > the right thing. The comet does not resemble a star in any way, because > > there is no singular point of light. It looks more like a spotlight has > been > > permanently left on and is reflecting off of a cloud. When you see it, > it is > > instantly obvious that it's not a star. > > > > I'd definitely recommend the binoculars. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245923 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
