[meteorite-list] Outburst Observed on Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)

[Ron Baalke]

Space Weather News for Oct. 22, 2013
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A COMET EXPLODES: Amateur astronomers are reporting a 100-fold outburst 
of brightness from Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR).  Images reveal a spherical 
shell of gas that reminds observers of Comet 17P/Holmes, which exploded 
in 2007.  So far the comet is too dim for naked-eye viewing, but at magnitude 
+8.5 it is bright enough for imaging by backyard telescopes.  
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