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Incredible Comet Bigger than the Sun

Robert Roy Britt

Senior Science Writer

SPACE.com Thu Nov 15, 10:45 AM ET

A comet that has delighted backyard astronomers in recent weeks after an unexpected eruption has now grown larger than the sun.

The sun remains by far the most massive object in the solar system, with an extended influence of particles that reaches all the planets. But the comparatively tiny Comet Holmes has released so much gas and dust that its extended atmosphere, or coma, is larger than the diameter of the sun. The comparison is clear in a new image.

"It continues to expand and is now the largest single object in the solar system," according to astronomers at the University of Hawaii.

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Holmes is still visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy star anytime after dark, high in the northeast sky. You can find it by using this sky map. It is faintly visible from cities, and from dark country locations is truly remarkable.

"Right now, in a dark sky it appears as a very noticeable circular cloud," said Joe Rao, SPACE.com's Skywatching Columnist. Rao advises looking for the comet this weekend, before the moon becomes more of a factor. The comet will likely diminish in brightness yet remain visible for the next two to three weeks, he said.

"Over the next few weeks and months, the coma and tail are expected to expand even more while the comet will fade as the dust disperses," Stevenson and her colleagues write.

On Monday, Nov. 19, the comet will create a unique skywatching event with its see-through coma, according to the Web site Spaceweather.com: "The comet will glide by the star Mirfak [also called Alpha Persei] and appear to swallow it


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Wow! Amazing! :noidea:


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Thank you for the information. I love watching the night sky.

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My son and I have been looking for it too, but he has better eyesight. I can just barely make out a patch of slight fuzziness.


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Got a pair of binoculars?

They work great!


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My daughter and I just came in from looking at the comet. Of course she has much younger eyes than I do and could see it without binoculars. I needed the binoculars, but I did see it. My husband was already in bed so in the morning I am going to see if he can take a look at our telescope (I can't get it to work) and fix it for me. It's all very interesting!

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Got a pair of binoculars?

They work great!

No. My late husband had a pair, but I have no idea what became of them. My son was given a monocular for his birthday, but being an extremely curious 11 yo, he... well... no longer has it in a single piece, shall we say...

The Astronomy Picture of the Day was great today.


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Thanks, Sheya!


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My daughter and I got my husband to go out and look at it with us tonight. He was impressed!

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