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Huge comet outburst reported, 17P/Holmes
Elias
post Oct 24 2007, 02:11 PM
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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!! blink.gif

Already visible to naked eye!
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post Nov 20 2007, 01:10 PM
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Nice article (with a very nice set of pics) about Holmes on the S&T website. Seems that its orbital history has been evolving due to Jupiter's influence, might have set up the circumstances for this outburst.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/11372856.html


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- Elias   Huge comet outburst reported   Oct 24 2007, 02:11 PM
- - Ant103   Watson... oops... Holmes, the last night : 130/...   Nov 2 2007, 12:00 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   OK. You win Ant. That saves me a cold damp evenin...   Nov 2 2007, 02:52 PM
- - Paolo   Slightly "fuzzier" this evening, but sti...   Nov 2 2007, 07:58 PM
- - djellison   I've brought a camera home from work ( A Sony ...   Nov 2 2007, 09:39 PM
- - Stu   You tease...   Nov 2 2007, 09:47 PM
- - djellison   http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-3MRhsyyYQ Comparable...   Nov 2 2007, 10:29 PM
- - David   Skies finally cleared locally, and I got a chance ...   Nov 3 2007, 04:50 AM
|- - AndyG   ...in olden times comets were harbingers of doom a...   Nov 3 2007, 12:46 PM
- - mhoward   It looks to me like it's expanded and dimmed i...   Nov 3 2007, 02:35 PM
- - djellison   Without doubt - that's the feeling that I got ...   Nov 3 2007, 07:51 PM
- - CosmicRocker   That's what I was thinking, too. But accordin...   Nov 4 2007, 08:21 PM
- - djellison   Yeah - the observed brightness is holding at a rou...   Nov 4 2007, 10:14 PM
|- - NMRguy   Spaceweather.com has more pictures up, including o...   Nov 4 2007, 10:22 PM
- - akuo   After more than a week of 100% cloud cover from th...   Nov 5 2007, 09:34 AM
|- - dilo   Really great picture, Akuo! I just observed th...   Nov 5 2007, 09:06 PM
- - fredk   Thanks for that, dilo! I'm curious whethe...   Nov 5 2007, 11:01 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 5 2007, 11:01 PM) Than...   Nov 6 2007, 06:16 AM
|- - MahFL   I saw the comet last night even in the heavily lig...   Nov 6 2007, 11:26 AM
- - Sunspot   Great view just now through my 4.5" reflector...   Nov 5 2007, 11:14 PM
- - fredk   Thanks again, Dilo! I'm surprised at the ...   Nov 6 2007, 05:04 PM
- - ilbasso   Just for grins and giggles... Here are some photo...   Nov 7 2007, 04:30 AM
|- - JRehling   A few nights, ago, I was errantly stargazing from ...   Nov 8 2007, 05:54 AM
- - dilo   Last data suggests possible slight reduction of bo...   Nov 7 2007, 08:39 AM
- - AndyG   Slight reduction in luminosity? I'm still wait...   Nov 7 2007, 09:33 AM
|- - ustrax   From spaceweather.com: "Italian astronomer Pa...   Nov 7 2007, 05:20 PM
- - AndyG   I finally got my chance last night...it's clos...   Nov 9 2007, 02:16 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (AndyG @ Nov 9 2007, 02:16 PM) Euro...   Nov 9 2007, 02:38 PM
- - Stu   Had another superb view of the comet from Kendal l...   Nov 9 2007, 03:10 PM
- - CosmicRocker   For all you anaglyph fans, Spaceweather.com has a ...   Nov 12 2007, 04:36 AM
- - djellison   Very large but quite dim in my Binos tonight - cle...   Nov 12 2007, 08:45 AM
- - Stu   Maybe that was your light pollution Doug cos from ...   Nov 12 2007, 11:12 AM
- - NGC3314   To get some numbers on the expansion of the coma, ...   Nov 12 2007, 06:42 PM
- - dilo   Last update (20 days in outburst!) - source Ha...   Nov 14 2007, 06:52 AM
- - NMRguy   Well, she's still going. According to spacewe...   Nov 15 2007, 10:30 AM
- - djellison   Visible as a fuzzy blob to the naked eye last nigh...   Nov 15 2007, 10:40 AM
- - PhilCo126   http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/holmes.ht...   Nov 15 2007, 06:11 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE Finally shows a tail in large telescopes: ht...   Nov 15 2007, 06:31 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Nov 15 2007, 07:31 P...   Nov 15 2007, 06:49 PM
- - ynyralmaen   HST images of Holmes have been released... bit mor...   Nov 15 2007, 07:18 PM
|- - tedstryk   The detail visible toward the center, especially i...   Nov 15 2007, 09:34 PM
- - Nix   I just took some shots, it's been cloudy for w...   Nov 15 2007, 10:56 PM
- - MichaelT   I was also successful last night. Even though ther...   Nov 16 2007, 10:24 AM
- - climber   Hi Michael ! Very interesting shots! You ...   Nov 16 2007, 05:53 PM
- - djellison   Was trying to figure out how to take nice wide fie...   Nov 17 2007, 12:09 AM
|- - Stu   Very nice pic that Doug. We had a great view o...   Nov 17 2007, 12:33 AM
- - nprev   Nice article (with a very nice set of pics) about ...   Nov 20 2007, 01:10 PM
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