[Chaos-l] Holy Smokes..check overhead

[Jon Stewart-Taylor]

Hi again all.  Whatever it was, helicopter, space junk, or other, it  
wasn't visible when i got home (North Chapel Hill) at around 7:45.  I  
took the 10X50s out and swept the area w/in 20-30 degress of zenith,  
with expeditions into Cassiopea and Perseus.  I was able to find the  
double cluster (h/chi per) and comet Holmes (in Perseus, where i  
expected it, and still quite an interesting object), but was not able  
to find anything resembling what i saw from work.

Thanks for the heads-up Kumar:  If nothing else, it motivated me to  
track down Holmes again.

J.

On Dec 10, 2007, at 7:39 PM, Chuck Cook wrote:

> It's definitely moved most of the way across Cassiopeia since the  
> first
> message came across the listserve, and it's much fainter now too.
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l- 
> bounces at rtpnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Stewart-Taylor, Jon
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:07 PM
> To: Kumar Pandya; chaos-l at rtpnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Holy Smokes..check overhead
>
> Hi all.  From my office in RTP (LM about 2.5-3) i can confirm there's
> something bright and asymmetrical as reported by Kumar.  With a  
> pair of
> 4x20s i can't tell much else, but somebody with a good instrument  
> should
> take a look.  I'll stick the 10" on it when i get home.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l- 
> bounces at rtpnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Kumar Pandya
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:01 PM
> To: chaos-l at rtpnet.org
> Subject: [Chaos-l] Holy Smokes..check overhead
>
>
>  Right now.7.00 pm...overhead..a very bright object..like a glowing
> comet...not where i expected holmes..but could be.. east of cygnus..
>