Is it a face or the Starship Enterprise? You decide.

Well, I finally got my family out to look at the comet tonight, Nov 12th. From our better than mag 6 back yard the big bright fuzzy ball was so easy to see naked eye. My wife was the most underwhelmed. Her response of a "that's it?" said it all. Yet still I love her, because she always encourages me with this hobby and even bought me my premium 12.5" mirror. Son #2 looked for slightly longer than she did then wandered off, and he's the one that always goes with me to star parties. (he likes to camp though) My oldest boy looked the longest then pronounced, "it looks like a face, two eyes, with a nose, two long ears and hair.

I think you'll find that my sketch concurs. Tilt your head to the left and think of the childrens book "Where the Wild Things Are" This was done with my f/6.8 80mm refractor and a 22 SWLV eyepiece.(25X) I'm not totally happy with the way this scanned. I'm learning to use a new scanner and haven't worked all of the bugs out yet. No pseudonucleus was seen even at 109X. A pseudonucleus was still visible with this scope the last time I looked a week ago.