How can I identify this comet?

how can I identify comet 17P/Holmes?

Answer #1

Hi,

Comet Holmes forms the lower left of a triangle shape in the corner of the shot.

Cassiopeia is in the upper left. To the middle right is the Pleiades and on the far right is Taurus (the Bull) with bright star Aldebaran in the “V” shape. Below is bright star Capella in the constellation Auriga (the Charioteer). At the top is part of Andromeda.

Here is a diagram that should help.

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