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> Comet 17P/Holmes October 24 2007

Comet 17P/Holmes October 24 2007

author: B.A.Tafreshi/Novapix

reference: a-com21-02000

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 17 cm

On October 24, comet 17P/Holmes increased in brightness over half a million times in a matter of hours; this faint comet is now visible to naked eye in the Perseus constellation. This image was recorded the same day in Tehran, Iran.

Keywords for this photo:

17P/HOLMES - 2007 - AMATEUR ASTRONOMER - AMATEUR INSTRUMENT - ASTRONOMY - BINOCULARS - CITY - COMET - CONSTELLATION - HOLMES - HUMAN - IRAN - LANDSCAPE - LINE - MAN - MAP - NIGHT - OBSERVATION - OBSERVER - PERSEUS - SKY MAP - STAR - STARRY SKY - TEHRAN -