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Originally Posted by Slobodan
Since comet 17/P Holmes is now considered to be a "life time astronomical event" among astronomers why we still don't see any pictures of the comet from the world's biggest telescopes? Is it just because they have schedules which can not be changed even if there is a "life time event" under way?
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Hubble did take a picture of the nucleus at the beginning of this month.
Apparently the coma is now bigger than the sun... that's mind boggling when you think about it.