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Old 03-November-2007, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Tucson_Tim View Post
I read on the SpaceWeather site a day or two ago that it was already several times the size of Jupiter (but I can't find the quote there now )

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Thanks, Tim; I like ngc3314"s progression, but here's a close up from Spaceweather.com....Whoa!

http://www.spaceweather.com/comets/h...n-Voltmer2.jpg

Hit the enlargement symbol and you can see some structure in the ejecta near the nucleus.

G^2
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