Comet holmes is visible with naked eye in night sky. Don’t miss this chance. This commet is very simple to identify. See the attached map and follow these steps :

1)First locate the star Mirfak. It is the only brightest star in srrounding region.
2)Now locate second faint star ‘delta persei’ , which is at 5 o’clocks position with respect to mirfak.
3)Now, join these two stars with imaginary line (pink line).
4)Now from delta persei, move perpendicularly in diagonal direction as shown and you will see the commet . It will look like faint fuzzy blob.

NOTE : Ignore mountain in the map. It is just placeholder and doesn’t carry any significance. This sky map applies to all mumbai and probably maharashtra region.]

> Location of the commet . [ This is map of night sky for 27th oct, 9pm. It will be same for upto week or so…position of commet will change sligtly over the period of time. Position of moon will completely change in a day or two….so don’t look at moon for reference. ]

> Clue to identify commet.

More information is available on these links :

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=071026_1_A5_spanc54823

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  1. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. 🙂 Cheers! Sandra. R.

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