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HUGE OUTBURST for Comet 71P Holmes in Perseus

Raoul — 10/24/2007 5:26:26 PM (archived)

It was supposed to be magnitude 16, it's bursting towards magnitude 3 !!!!!!

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• HUGE OUTBURST for Comet 71P Holmes in Perseus - Raoul - 10/24/2007 5:26:26 PM
  • Just spotted this one myself. - TB - 10/29/2007 5:51:02 AM
    • I haven't...Too cloudy :-((( (n/t) - Raoul - 10/29/2007 5:32:32 PM
    • Me too - pbruener - 10/29/2007 6:31:26 AM
  • Comet 17P Holmes in Perseus changing shape ! - Raoul - 10/27/2007 4:32:38 PM
    • Exploding - Raoul - 10/27/2007 8:22:21 PM
      • re: Plume - SteveS - 10/28/2007 2:19:53 PM
  • Get out there and look you guys! - RobVG - 10/27/2007 5:46:57 AM
  • I think we've witnessed a natural collision between a comet and something smaller. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/25/2007 11:50:21 PM
    • re: Well, this isn’t the first time for 17P Holmes outburst in mag. - SteveS - 10/26/2007 12:16:21 PM
  • re: That’s incredible! - SteveS - 10/25/2007 2:27:42 AM
    • re: Check that - SteveS - 10/25/2007 3:28:19 AM
      • It could last a week (so far, too many clouds) (n/t) - Raoul - 10/25/2007 5:34:42 AM
        • re: It could last a week - SteveS - 10/25/2007 12:36:25 PM
          • What about one of the Keck telescopes?.... Maybe R.L. could give us some info. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 10/25/2007 11:52:53 PM
            • Amateurs can take better pictures in this case (n/t) - Raoul - 10/28/2007 8:50:01 AM
          • Pictures! - Raoul - 10/25/2007 6:12:28 PM
            • Did you see the guy posting from Iran? - REB - 10/26/2007 12:58:56 PM
  • More... - Raoul - 10/24/2007 8:20:28 PM
    • re: More reports... - Raoul - 10/24/2007 8:54:56 PM
    • For New Year's eve...between M31 and M45, two comets.. - Raoul - 10/24/2007 8:36:07 PM
      • I meant Holmes (17P) (n/t) - Raoul - 10/24/2007 8:45:25 PM