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Ebenwaldhöhe, 8. December 2007, 21:00
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This picture shows comet 17P/Holmes on the 8th december 2007, a periodic comet in our solar system discovered by the British amateur astronomer Edwin Holmes on November 6, 1892. In late October 2007 the comet brightened significantly, by nearly a million times, from magnitude 17 to magnitude 2.8 over a few hours.
A picture of comet holmes on 1st Nov. 2007 can be found here. |
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Allot of small galaxies can be found in this picture. The largest of them, NGC 1196, is located in the upper right corner.
A high resolution version of this image was published on spaceweather.com in december 2007. |
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