Friday, January 25, 2008
Comet Holmes' coma could still be detectable one year from now
So calculates Richard Miles in The Astronomer 44 #525 [2008 January] 234: CCD cameras should be able to pick out a coma with some 4° diameter and a surface brightness roughly 3.5 mag. lower than now when Holmes is again in opposition around Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009. Amazing thought ...
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Miles' note is also available online with a Jan. 6 image.
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