[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Nice images there Justin
Just to be a bit picky,you cannot see the nucleus of a comet in ground based telescopes,what you are seeing is the bright Coma.
The Nucleus is hidden by the bright Coma
See Here
The Coma can be very large,but the nucleus is really quite small.
Cheers

Oop's!

Thanks for pointing that out.

Originally Posted by Larryp

Great images, Justin!

Thanks larry!

Originally Posted by Astroman

Nice work Justin, for a second or two when I saw the title, I thought you had found your third

Thanks Andrew!

And I wish!!

Cheers,

Justin.