Re: Comet like Ring nebula, or a planet

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:24:08 GMT, "George Normandin"
<georgepn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I know that last night I could no longer see the dim outer envelop (about
a third the size of the moon) in my 20x80 binoculars after the moon came up.
I was observing from the dark skies of my rural NY home.

I noticed the same thing. When I started imaging, I was under extremely
dark skies and the extent of the comet was impressive in binoculars. A
couple hours later, with the Moon up, the comet appeared much smaller.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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