Here’s another shot of the Holmes comet! It’s at APOD and you can even zoom in on the pic! How cool is that?
The comet is currently still expanding and is visually about 1/3 the size of the full moon. Wow! (Physically it’s about as big as Jupiter, I think.)
Get into your yard and check this out tonite. Stand facing NE. Find the Pleiades (7 Sisters) which will be about 3/4 of the way directly overhead then scan the sky to the left to find the Perseus constellation. Before you figure out which is Perseus you’ll see this very bright thing that looks rather like a distant airplane headlight or a planet. That would be Holmes-Allen.
Go ahead and get your geek on! I won’t tell… ;-)