Comet Holmes

In late October the Astronomical Community was surprised and delighted by the unexpected brightening of Comet Holmes. It very quickly increased several million times in brightness and became a naked eye object in the constellation of Perseus near the star Mirfak. Even under the bright city lights here in Mesa it was clearly visible. I spent some time observing it through my telescope and then took some pictures of it. One was posted to the Sky & Telescope website. That one is presented below. I also got a decent shot of Albireo, one of the most beautiful "binary" stars. It too is shown below.

	Comet Holmes
	Albireo