I got the alert from my asteroid-occultation group last evening. It was clear, but fog building up, so I didn't see it at 1-power. But in 7*50 it was so bright that I searched in vain for the comet to the right, towards delta Persei, before consulting the SkyMap plot again. Hope it doesn't fade too soon! from +16.9 to +2.4 (one observer) is about 700000* brighter! RA/Dec: Oct. 20 3 56.82 49 41.6 Oct. 27 3 51.15 50 16.7 http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html and y m d h m s o ' " delta RSun Elong Phase Mag "/min PA 2007 Oct 25 3 52 57.8 50 8 11 1.635 2.440 134.8 16.8 16.9 0.39 298.7 2007 Oct 27 3 51 10.1 50 16 38 1.630 2.447 136.3 16.3 16.9 0.41 293.6 2007 Oct 29 3 49 14.7 50 23 47 1.627 2.455 137.8 15.8 16.9 0.42 288.8 2007 Oct 31 3 47 12.2 50 29 33 1.624 2.463 139.2 15.3 16.9 0.43 284.2 2007 Nov 2 3 45 3.5 50 33 55 1.622 2.471 140.6 14.8 16.9 0.44 279.9 ----- Original Message ----- >I have just learned that Comet 17P/Holmes, currently in Perseus, has >suddenly > brightened to naked-eye visibility. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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