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Comment Comet Bigger Than The Luna Too! (Score 1) 245

Comet Holmes is also bigger than the moon as well. I took a pair of images the other night. One of the comet and the other of the moon. I then stitched them together using GIMP. As you can easily see, this comet has become huge. http://www.adventuresinastrophotography.com/2007/11/19/comet-holmes-bigger-than-the-moon/ This is an object that can be seen with the unaided eye. It looks pretty nice in binoculars and amazing in a telescope. Here's a link to a skymap that should work for the next few nights... http://spaceweather.com/images2007/15nov07/skymap_north_holmes.gif Anthony
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Journal Journal: Why Does The Sky Glow At Night

Have you ever noticed that the night sky is no longer inky black and full of stars like it used to be? Have you noticed the strange orangish glow that's replaced it? The strange orangiy glow is a form of light pollution referred to as sky glow.

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