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A comet that unexpectedly brightened in the last couple of weeks and is now visible to the unaided eye is attracting professional and amateur interest.
Comet 17P/Holmes is seen among the stars of the constellation Perseus in the North-Eastern sky.
The comet is exploding and its coma, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the sun, has grown to be bigger than the planet Jupiter. The comet lacks the tail usually associated with such celestial bodies but can be seen in the northern sky, in the constellation Perseus, as a fuzzy spot of light about as bright as the stars in the Big Dipper.
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Comet 17P/Holmes
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