Saturday 15th of December 2007 | Kerry-ann Lecky Hepburn
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Another exciting comet is in the sky for our viewing and photographing pleasure. Comet 8P/Tuttle is brightening fast and could reach magnitude 6 in January. It is currently magnitude 8 and can be seen between Cepheus and Casseopia. It will appear as a fuzzy grey patch in small scopes, larger scopes will show the greenish colour. On December 30th it will pass very close to M33 (~0.4 degrees).
Various finder charts:
http://aerith.net/comet/catalog/0008P/2008.html
http://media.skyandtelescope.com/documents/CometTuttle_DecFndr_BW.pdf
http://www.cometchasing.skyhound.com/comets/8P.gif
