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Camera Views and Telescope Views
Look for Comet 17/P Holmes in the constellation Perseus, just to the east of the bright star Mirfak or Mirphak. This constellation also features Algol, a famous eclipsing binary star, M34 an open cluster perfect for binoculars to the west of Algol, a large dim nebula called the California Nebula, NGC1499.
The comet is north of The Pleiades.
Movies and jpgs of Comet Holmes are made from sequential telescope images.
You can download fits images here or go to Hands-On Universe: Get Images, HOU Image Archives, Observatories pages.
Back to ExplorationsCreated for Yerkes Observatory and Hands-On Universe to help teachers and students find Comet 17P/Holmes. Vivian Hoette, Yerkes Observatory. November 05, 2007 11:24 AM