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dangermite
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 Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:53 am Post subject: Rare opportunity to see comet |
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From Yahoo news and Space.com
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. . . sometime late last Tuesday, Oct. 23, [Comet Holmes] underwent an explosive outburst and within just 24-hours increased its brightness almost a million-fold. Since then, Holmes has been putting on a unique display, looking very different than any other comet of our generation: It has yet to sprout a noticeable tail, while its head—called the coma—appears like a round, yellowish fuzz ball in the constellation Perseus, and is visible for most of the night.
Since its outburst, Holmes has shone almost consistently between magnitudes 2 and 3, making it similar in brightness to the stars that make up the famous Big Dipper. (On this astronomer's scale, smaller numbers represent brighter objects.) |
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Revan
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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| So that is what I have noticed lately. I have seen something really bright in the sky and always wondered what it was. |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: |
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| So, you saw it! I'm going to try and have a look tonight. Hope its still bright enough to see. |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:16 am Post subject: |
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I haven't seen it tonight, but it is cloudy here tonight.  |
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