Here's a quick pic I took on the night of 11-19 at 2am with a telephoto lens. Nothing to write-home about compared to the same pic on today's spaceweather.com. http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/v/kurt/solarsystem/Comet+17P+Holmes/039.PNG... 17P dimmed rapidly between 11-16 and 11-19 (~ 1 mags) and was further washed out by a 1st quarter Moon. It was no longer visible with the naked eye and is best seen when on the zenith after the Moon set. Here, the comet is at approx. alt 75 degs and visually showed less detail then when on the zenith. But on the zenith with a small refractor, it was still a heart stopper partially covering Mirfak. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net