This is the best place to put some of the links and information i mentioned.
First of all, the name of the mystery comet…
C/2010 V1 (Ikeya-Murakami)
and some photos of it, courtesy of Paul Mortfield.
http://www.backyardastronomer.com/comets/2010V1_20101109-1a.jpg
http://www.backyardastronomer.com/comets/2010V1_20101109–FSQ_3a.jpg
and the link to Cartes Du Ciel
http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=59452
which will help you download a zip, which when unzipped, contains an exe which installs it all.
And finally, a series of star maps for Auriga.
This is for connect-the-dots. Kudos to anyone with a creative line drawing that uses most of the stars. You don’t have to make a shepherd, but if you draw something else, let us know why the drawing is as it is (your legend to go with the constellation)
From your browser, right-click on an image and choose ‘save picture as’. You should then be able to print it just by double-clicking it and selecting the print toolbar button in your preview program.
