17/ P Holmes Bray Co Wicklow Ireland. 19:27 UT 05/11/07 Reflector FL1200 / 15mm eyepiece / 80X Seeing 3, Transp Poor Sketched with Schmincke Soft Pastel/ Conte Crayon/Gel Pen on black Daler Rowney 200 gm Matt paper. Image rotated.
On the evening of November 5th, Holmes seemed to have a soft tail that was just becoming visible. That edge was slowly becoming ragged and less defined. This was very different to the almost perfect misty sphere of earlier in the week. A firmer more prominent leading edge gave a visual impression of movement away from the nucleus and its promise of a tail. More comet sketches are here
19P/Holmes Monrovia, CA. 06:40 UT 05/11/07. 8-inch f/7.6 reflector. 17mm 91X. Made on Strathmore premium recycled sketch pad sheets, 3.5 x 5 inches in size, with Faber-Castell 9000 Art Set graphites, plus a Faber-Castell Graphite Pure Stylus and some graphite crayons, and a smudge stump.
See how much the comet's size changed by comparing these two sketches, using the same equipment from the same location 6 days apart. Sky conditions: Transp. 2-3/6 pretty good for LA standards, Seeing 6/10 on Pickering scale - some moisture in air, Antoniadi (I-V): II. More comet Holmes sketches are here and here.