Comments on: Disintegrating comet keeps on doing its thing

By: P. Edward Murray

P. Edward Murray — Wed, 10 May 2006 02:32:30 +0000

It’s still cloudy here in Pennsy. Visibility of this comet depends on how much light pollution there is too!

You should be able to see it with 15 x 70’s in a dark sky.

A 10 inch Dob can also see it but it’s still dim in a light polluted sky.

By: Ray Gray

Ray Gray — Wed, 10 May 2006 01:06:49 +0000

That Comet looks like a big-FAT-cigar & the Nebula looks like a giant smoke ring…

By: Tom K

Tom K — Tue, 09 May 2006 23:17:16 +0000

Dang, my html didn’t work. Here’s the APOD picture:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050723.html

By: Tom K

Tom K — Tue, 09 May 2006 23:15:30 +0000

Never mind, I just answered my own question by doing a search on APOD. This picture shows the halo clearly, along with a whole slew of background galaxies (the orientation is rotated about 90 degrees). Cool.

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Tue, 09 May 2006 23:13:36 +0000

Yeah, it has a giant halo around it. Many planetary nebulae do. I studied on (NGC 6826) for my Masters degree.

By: Tom K

Tom K — Tue, 09 May 2006 23:07:54 +0000

Sorry, I meant to say, “…that picture of the comet and the Ring Nebula that Supernova posted at the top…”

So, is there a halo?

By: Tom K

Tom K — Tue, 09 May 2006 23:06:23 +0000

Hey, that picture of the comet and the Ring Nebula – it looks like there’s a faint halo around the ring that I’ve never seen before. Is that really there or is it just an artifact?