Huge comet outburst reported, 17P/Holmes |
Huge comet outburst reported, 17P/Holmes |
Oct 24 2007, 02:11 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 30-May 05 Member No.: 396 |
I didnt know in which category of the forum this should be reported:
http://www.fototime.com/%7BE39A64F6-CE74-4...%7D/picture.JPG http://perso.orange.fr/fkometes/images/com...422-9x5sz05.JPG Comet 17p/Holmes from 15 mag to 3!! Already visible to naked eye! |
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Oct 28 2007, 03:33 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 29-July 05 From: Amsterdam, NL Member No.: 448 |
According to a short article on SpaceWeather.com, the spherical cloud is now larger than Jupiter! (In absolute terms.) Also, the apparent brightness has been estimated to be ~2.1 or nearly that of Polaris, and "to the naked eye, it is no longer a simple point of light." We've had largely unfavorable conditions here in the Netherlands, but hopefully things clear up some night soon.
http://www.spaceweather.com/ |
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