Saw Comets Holmes, Wirtanen and Tuttle last night with 20x80 binoculars from Tenterfield airport (altitude 795m). Through the binoculars Holmes looked like the SMC to the naked eye, Wirtanen was only just visible without averted vision as it set in the NW and Tuttle was bright. Wirtanen was brighter than the nearby galaxy M74.
Last edited by glenc; 11-02-2008 at 06:24 AM.
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