typings of a random clicker

night skies are getting better again after 3 months of clouds.. and we have an unexpected guest.. in comet holmes (to be correct comet 17p/holmes ), it suddenly turned bright enough to be visible by naked eye..from a very faint magnitude of 17.. at the moment it is located in constellation perseus (see path map ) or read more here.
A good time to see if would be after 8pm, looking towards north eastern side & slowly moving up, till an angle of 30-40 degrees. or towards midnight look up straight over head & then turn little north (abt looking at abt 70-80 deg).. refer to star chart ( or try in kstars – close to star named Mirfak going towards pole star ).
If you are in a place with least light pollution, then can easily make it out amont the fine stars, as it appears as a tiny hazy globe (with bright center when seen through binoculars).
gee.. time to clean up my 4″ reflector

the good news is my 400D has arrived (@ home, will get it on sunday!).. body with kit lens (18-55), canon 55-200mm, speedlite 430x, extra battery & a 2GB CF waiting for me! (& a nice fat CC bill too
.. now only to get couple of extra 4GB CFs, a full height tripod, lens hood, filters…. etc!

on other fronts, slowly getting busier at job, battling the bulge, aquring RSI…