Comet Holmes just keeps growing and growing. Astronomers are calling it a once-in-a-lifetime event.
According to The Associated Press:
The comet is exploding and its coma, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the sun, has grown to be bigger than the planet Jupiter. The comet lacks the tail usually associated with such celestial bodies but can be seen in the northern sky, in the constellation Perseus, as a fuzzy spot of light about as bright as the stars in the Big Dipper.
You can see it with your naked eye, but binoculars or a telescope help sharpen up the details. No one knows how long it will be visible.
The report from Giffith Observatory
Sky and Telescope has an interactive sky chart to make the comet easy to spot if you can't find it. The site also has photos taken of the comet from all over the world.
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