booshified
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Someone emailed this to me. Seems interesting. Just wondering if anyone has been able to see it. Doubt I will be able. Too many lights here in the city.
Not even sure if it is still visable.
Summary: Comet 17P/Holmes shocked astronomers on Oct. 24, 2007, with a spectacular eruption. In less than 24 hours, the 17th magnitude comet brightened by a factor of nearly a million, becoming a naked-eye object in the evening sky. Look for a golden 3rd magnitude fuzzball in the constellation Perseus after sunset.
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Not even sure if it is still visable.
Summary: Comet 17P/Holmes shocked astronomers on Oct. 24, 2007, with a spectacular eruption. In less than 24 hours, the 17th magnitude comet brightened by a factor of nearly a million, becoming a naked-eye object in the evening sky. Look for a golden 3rd magnitude fuzzball in the constellation Perseus after sunset.
[sky map]
[ephemeris]
[3D orbit]