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17P/Holmes

17P/Holmes is 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. (Wikipedia)

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Filename:	071031-holmes.jpg
Album name:	Ian / Comets
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Link-words:	Comet
Image date, time and location:	31 October 2007, 22:00 Sidcup
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:	300mm SLR Lens
Camera and filters used:	Artemis 285, IR block only
Processing applied:	Stacked and histogram adjusted in MaximDL
File Size:	9095 Bytes
Date added:	Nov 01, 2007
Dimensions:	885 x 625 pixels
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