17P/Holmes
Discovered by the British amateur Edwin Holmes in
London during an Outburst at November,06 1892.
The comet is famous for suffering unexpected
outbursts and worth to have a look some time.
The latest IAU telegrams or the latest CBET's. IAUC Astronomical Headlines.
Minor
planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris,
the comet on
Seiichi Yoshida's Homepage,
Gary W.
Kronk's Cometography
Light
curves on Cometas Obs,
JPL Small body
database
here is a very nice image of
Claudine Rinner and
Francois Kugel
with two comets: a 15P and 17P rendez-vous at December, 08 2008
David Bender took a series of four images of the weak comet 17P/Holmes at December,30 2008.
The magnitude of around 18 is brighter than usually expected in this distance.
The comet is still smoldering its last outburst of November 2007.
� 2008-12-30 by David Bender, Germany Photometry
4 x 5 min. exposure,
2008-12-30 UT 21:12 to 21:33,
8" ASA
f-3.6 + CCD ST10XME, Magnitude: 18
image size: 37' x 24', North left, East down