Lacrosse 5r, ISS, Iridium flares and comet 17P/Holmes

Yesterday was frosty and clear, albeit a bit moisty at the start of the night. A first quarter moon was low in the south.

I observed a nice pass of the International Space Station, two Iridium flares, and a pass of the Lacrosse 5 Rocket (05-016B).

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Comet 17P/Holmes has grown large and very diffuse and was the target after midnight, when the sky had become less moist and the moon had set. It could still be seen naked eye, but with more difficulty than previously. It is about a degree wide. Below is a stack of 6 imges of 10 seconds each in wide-field; and a stack of 55 images of 5 seconds each at maximum zoom.

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