Originally posted by SquelchbelchOn a similar note, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is comet Holmes. It's the brightest it's been since its discovery in 1892 and you can see it with the naked eye.
Cracking view tonight from UK.
Find the 3 stars of Orion's belt, go up a little & left & you see the big star Betelgeuse. About 1 & 1/2 times that distance in the same direction is the red planet in all its splendour.
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Find Cassiopeia and then look down and a little to the right for the the bright star, Mirfak, in the the constellation Perseus. Holmes is a dim smudge next to that star but looks great through a pair of binoculars.
Originally posted by MimorSuperb!
On a similar note, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is comet Holmes. It's the brightest it's been since its discovery in 1892 and you can see it with the naked eye.
Find Cassiopeia and then look down and a little to the right for the the bright star, Mirfak, in the the constellation Perseus. Holmes is a dim smudge next to that star but looks great through a pair of binoculars.
It's almost directly overhead as I type this & looks like a small very round cloud through my binoculars.
Originally posted by MimorThanks for that! Its a perfect night tonight for viewing here.
On a similar note, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is comet Holmes. It's the brightest it's been since its discovery in 1892 and you can see it with the naked eye.
Find Cassiopeia and then look down and a little to the right for the the bright star, Mirfak, in the the constellation Perseus. Holmes is a dim smudge next to that star but looks great through a pair of binoculars.
Originally posted by dweezilSo you got to see it too? It's rainy here, unfortunately but we had a good view of it on Friday.
Thanks for that! Its a perfect night tonight for viewing here.
The cool thing was, Friday was my son's astronomy club night and coincidentally the topic was comets so the kids were excited to see an actual comet during the after-meeting stargazing.
Originally posted by SuzianneI bet you get a really good view in Arizona if you are outside the city. Best sky in the West as I recall. Although the Big bend area of Texas is nice for star gazing.
And when did you type that? Was it like 11:00pm local time?
Edit: I'm asking because I'm thinking of dragging out my old ETX-60 to take a look.
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Originally posted by SquelchbelchOr you could've simply said: That bright-ass red thing in the East that doesn't twinkle. :-)
Cracking view tonight from UK.
Find the 3 stars of Orion's belt, go up a little & left & you see the big star Betelgeuse. About 1 & 1/2 times that distance in the same direction is the red planet in all its splendour.
🙂
It is pretty spectacular...