The rain, drizzle and clouds are stubbornly staying with us, here in the Chicago area. Didn't stop me from doing 80 miles on the bike, this weekend, but it did prevent me from checking up on the comet. Last time I
Comet 17P/Holms, last week, through my
astronomy binocular, it had expanded, considerably and, as such, appeared a bit less brilliant. This is, of course, a matter of its light being spread out over a larger area - I could still just see it as a nebulous puff of fog, even in my light polluted sky. What will the comet do next? My
Nikon Astroluxe 10x70 binocular, my newly acquired
Nikon Prostar 7x50 binocular and I stand ready. (What can I say? A girl can't have too many
astronomy binoculars.) Stay tuned.