Snowball!

holmes comet

Remember comet Holmes? (Click for larger view.)

Well, it keeps on putting on a show, still remaining naked eye. This lovely photo (taken by Tamas Ladanyi) is today’s APOD. Have a look there for more information. That coma is huge, by the way, well over a million kilometers in diameter.

-cvj

(Thanks Nick W.!)

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  3. Luis Sanchez says:

    Wow, this got to be the best pic of comet Holmes I have seen.