Space October 25, 2007
Comet 17P/Holmes just brightened 400,000 times over
This comet was predicted to be magnitude 17 but is now clearly visible with the naked eye at about magnitude 3 from the Northern Hemisphere, reports A Quantum Diaries Survivor and a thread at www.irishastronomy.org. It’s the extra star between Mirphak and Capella and looks similar to a globular cluster in a large telescope.
on 26 Oct 2007 at 11:12 am 1.Carl P. E. dos Santos said …
This comet is up to magnitude 2, which is a million times brighter than the mag 17 it was just a few days ago, according to an article at ScienceDaily.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071025155840.htm