Definitely a naked eye object tonight even with the moon just a day past full. If you know the night sky, you'll see something star like that's not supposed to be there in Perseus. If you don't, Raoul's chart is still very accurate.
It should be interesting in binoculars but I don't have any so I opened one half of the observatory and trained the C11 on it. Very cool! Looks like a frogs egg but instead of a dark nucleus there is a yellow/green glowing center. The center consists of a yellowish ellipse with a star like point of light on one end. Surrounding the center is a translucent shell. It looks like there is a brighter ring around the outside of the shell. (Maybe caused by looking through the thicker edges?)
Space/Science » in reply to HUGE OUTBURST for Comet 71P Holmes in Perseus
Get out there and look you guys!
