Terry Pundiak who took this spooky picture of Comet 17P/Holmes through his 16-inch telescope in Easton, Pennsylvania. Contrary to appearances, the core of the comet has not split in two. The two eyes are an illusion caused by background stars shining through the comet's gaseous envelope: gallery.
EXPLODING COMET: Exploding Comet 17P/Holmes is now larger than Jupiter. Astronomer Eric Allen of Quebec's Observatoire du Cégep de Trois-Rivières combined images he captured on three consecutive nights (Oct. 25, 26 and 27) and placed them beside a picture of Jupiter scaled to the same distance as the comet:
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Another mysterious feature of Holmes is the lack of a tail or other irregularity. Comet Holmes will appear high in the northern night skies over the next ...
Economic Times, India - 30 Oct, 2007, 1919 hrs IST, PTI KOLKATA: The fireball that was seen in the city eastern sky could be comet Holmes or the planet Venus. ... UFO puzzle has city in a tizzy Kolkata scientist punches holes in UFO theory |
 Space.com | Rare Event: Easy-to-See Comet Holmes Space.com - By Joe Rao Skywatchers throughout the Northern Hemisphere report the newly visible Comet Holmes is a remarkable sight even under city lights. ... |
 Space.com | A Tailless Comet, Holmes? Maybe Not, Astronomers Say Wired News - Not only has it decided to be this month's unscheduled Times Square of space, pictures show it lacking the traditional comet's tail. ... Dazzling Comet Has Hint of Invisible Tail |
| Comet Holmes is a Halloween surprise Grand Haven Tribune, MI - BY DOUG FURTON If you've never seen a comet, now is your chance. Comet Holmes, a normally faint periodic comet that was discovered in 1892, has flared so ... |
| Comet Holmes brightens, taking it from obscurity to high visibility Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Comet Holmes last week was orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter when it inexplicably brightened about a million times. It went from being a nondescript ... |
 Huffington Post | See Comet Holmes Tonight! Sky & Telescope, FL - by J. Kelly Beatty Periodic Comet Holmes (17P) is located in east-central Perseus. Although this finder chart shows the northeastern horizon at dusk, ... Comet Holmes photographed from Timonium Rare opportunity to see comet Holmes Skywatch: Comet 17P/Holmes dazzles watchers |
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