When Knitting Was a Manly Art

Pulled my 6″ Dobsonian out of the garage to take a look at Comet P17/Holmes. The comet has been known for more than 100 years, but at the end of October it suddenly increased in brightness by over 1/2 million times (technically from magnitude 17 to 2.8). Currently part of the constellation Perseus and was easy to see with the naked eye once we knew where to look and was pretty cool in the telescope.

This isn’t one my pictures — It came off of a NASA site — but it pretty much duplicates what we saw tonight. My first comet and if you know someone who knows the constellations, it’s a pretty easy find. A once in a lifetime opportunity.

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