Comet Bigger Than Our King Planet - 17P/Holmes

17P/Holmes is getting bigger. Imaged by Eric Allen. Click to view the animation.

Comet Holmes 17P is getting bigger and bigger. At the same distance as of Jupiter, it’s now bigger than it. Imagine! It was at magnitude 2.3th measured by Dr.Clay on 28 Oct 2007. It was 255 arc seconds across on the same time. If you are interested in the photometry result, you may refer to COMET OUTBURST: Comet 17P Holmes More facts below…

It bursted once before in 7 Nov 1892 that led to the discovery by Edwin Holmes, the british astronomer. Where to look? Look to north for a fuzzy star, at this magnitude with such special feature, it should be easy to recognize. For a detailed sky map, please go to SpaceWeather.com (I haven’t been granted the permission to use the sky map.)

Nobody has a reason to miss this comet, you don’t have one either. Watch out for it! I am seeking for a chance to image. Yesterday, I was just too thrilled for fixing the guiding performance of my LX90 and focus only on the moon… Now, I regret.

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