comet Holmes is bigger than the Moon
Saturday, 8. December 2007, 04:56:16
"It's one thing to be told that Comet Holmes is bigger than the Moon," writes S&T's Dennis di Cicco, "but it's another to see it. I made this composite view of Comet Holmes on Dec. 1st with the full Moon inserted at the proper scale." And now the comet is even larger! Use binoculars, and look early in the week; by about the 13th moonlight begins returning. The star cluster in the comet's tail near bottom is NGC 1245.S&T: Dennis di Cicco
Donyan
