[Chaos-l] Fwd: Erupting Comet

[Robert Nielsen]

And of course it is cloudy in Chapel Hill ... not that I'm 
complaining about the rain ...

Robert

At 04:10 PM 10/24/2007, you wrote:


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>Date: Oct 24, 2007 3:08 PM
>Subject: Erupting Comet
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>Space Weather News for Oct. 24, 2007
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>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 
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