(meteorobs) Fwd: Erupting Comet

[bmccurdy at telusplanet.net]

   The latest (exciting!) news from spaceweather.com. Maybe slightly off-topic, 
but to me the relationship between meteors and comets is pretty direct. Don't 
know if 17P has been associated with any known meteor shower, it doesn't ring 
any bells with me ... 

   Interesting comments from John Bortle about this comet can be found here:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comets-ml/message/12843
  

   Bruce
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Space Weather News for Oct. 24, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

ERUPTING COMET:  Astronomers in Japan and Europe report that Comet 17P/Holmes 
is undergoing a spectacular eruption.  The 17th-magnitude comet has brightened 
by a factor of five hundred thousand or more during the past 24 hours becoming 
a naked eye object in the evening sky. This may signify a breakup of the 
comet's core or a rich vein of ice suddenly exposed to sunlight--no one knows. 
Look for a yellow 2.5th-magnitude fuzzball in the constellation Perseus after 
sunset. ("2.5th magnitude" means a little dimmer than the stars of the Big 
Dipper.) At present the comet looks more like a star than a comet; it does not 
have a discernable tail, but it might grow one as the outburst continues.  
Visit http://spaceweather.com for a sky map, photos and updates.

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