[Launch Alert] Suburban Comet

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

			            Brian Webb
		         Ventura County, California
		             kd6nrp at earthlink.net
	               http://www.spacearchive.info

				          2007 November 3 (Saturday) 09:44 PDT
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                           SUBURBAN COMET

Comet Holmes, a celestial visitor that should only be visible in
telescopes, has suddenly brightened to naked eye visibility.

To find the comet, go outside a couple of hours after sunset and face
between north and northeast. Locate the W-shaped constellation
Cassiopeia. Then look to the lower right at the 5 o'clock position for
the constellation Perseus, a fainter grouping of stars.

Carefully search Perseus for a faint, fuzzy "star". If you find one,
you've probably found the comet. If you can't find it with the naked
eye, try using binoculars.

The Editor spotted Comet Holmes from the suburbs last night. The
object was barely visible to the unaided eye, but was obvious in
binoculars. Although the comet didn't exhibit a tail, it did have a
very large nucleus.

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