On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 18:44 +1300, Russell McMahon wrote:
> Well known very dim periodic comet which is hard to find at 
> the best of times suddenly increases in brightness a million 
> fold about a week ago.
> Pretty much a northern hemisphere event alas. (If it can 
> hang on at that brightness for another 2 weeks I may get to 
> see it.)

Ya, had a look last night, impressive through binoculars, it's really
quite large. Very easy to spot with the naked eye. Brought my brother
outside, pointed him in the general direction and just told him to look
for the "fuzzy star", he found it in seconds.

TTYL
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