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Comet 17P/Holmes
The bright Moon is leaving the evening sky and Comet Holmes is emerging from the glare.Comet 17P/Holmes
You can easily find it with binoculars even in a light-polluted urban sky.
Comet Holmes now occupies about 10 times the volume of the Sun and it is developing a hint of a blue-green tail. A similar tail was observed in early November, but it broke off during an apparent magnetic storm. Now the tail is growing back.