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Comet Holmes bright enough to see in northeast sky
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Comet 17P/Holmes is doing something of a return engagement in the
night sky.
The comet that until Oct. 23 had to be found with a telescope
suddenly began brightening and now can be seen with the naked eye.
The same thing happened 115 years ago in November 1892 when Edwin
Holmes, an amateur astronomer in England, was the first to spot the
comet.
"This kind of sudden ejection of dust and gas from a comet is not
unusual," said Wittenberg University's Dan Fleisch, an associ...
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Comet Holmes visible to the unaided eye
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; ... are avid stargazers, Comet 17P/Holmes has not left our sights for the past two weeks. It has been without a doubt the biggest news in the night sky. On Oct. 23 astronomers witnessed Comet Holmes undergo a spectacular explosion. At a distance of 150 million ...
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Stargazers ponder the mystery of Comet Holmes
Winnipeg Free Press
; ... prominent feature of the autumn sky. Then, track to the lower right into the triangle-shaped constellation, Perseus. Comet Holmes is the yellow dot in the bottom left of that triangle. aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca -- with files from CanWest News Service
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Comet releases dust clouds, making it visible again
The Boston Globe
; STAR WATCH Comets are unpredictable, but they are not supposed to be this unpredictable. Ten days ago, far beyond the orbit of Mars, a dead clod of frozen dirt known as Periodic Comet Holmes suddenly came alive and brightened about a millionfold, lighting up to shine within easy view by the naked
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Comet brightens weekend sky gazing
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
; BLOOMINGTON - Don't expect spectacular fireworks when the Leonid meteor shower peaks early Sunday morning after midnight. This year's shower is classified as weak. Astronomers say the annual November occurrence is being upstaged by the arrival of a mysterious comet that shares the same last name as
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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It's elementary to spot the new comet Holmes.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
; A spectacular astronomical event has been spotted in South Wales' skies. This picture shows the periodic comet Holmes, normally millions of times fainter than the weakest visible star, which has flourished and been spotted by astronomers across the region. After a Spanish amateur first glimpsed it
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