Comet Holmes Amazingly Brightens In A Matter of Hours

Comet Holmes mysteriously exploded in brightness in a matter of hours according to sky-watchers.

Can you see it from your back yard? Yes!

How do I find it? You ask...

It appears somewhat yellowish in color and is very bright. We are looking at it from a suburban setting and it is quite visible. Look straight down to the horizon from a big W of stars "Cassiopeia" and you will see something bright that looks somewhat off color for a star. That's comet Holmes!

If we were to make a star map it would look like this: Holmes is the thing at the bottom circled in red.

As comets have throughout history been believed to portend major earthly events to come, we had to run out to the back yard to have a look ourselves. Keep in mind that the object was invisible to the naked eye a short time ago; it increased in brightness some half a million times in three hours! With a simple, everyday name like Holmes, the comet has to feel like something we already know...like the Holmes' down the street, right? It may well be a harbinger of great changes in human history. The full moon is near perigee and some earthquake predictors think that could mean big shaking ahead. California is burning down and some end-timers think that is well deserved. Keep your eye on the sky for the truth will come to you as a speck of dust on your bottom eyelid. You know what's happening and no one on the Internet can explain it to you. The Apocalypse Times are upon us, do not fear: it's just another day.

We have posted some of the photos we took below; click on the photo itself to have a closer look. Comet Holmes is the brightest dot in the center of the photos. Currently, comet Holmes does not have a tail it just looks like a bright star. According to a site called the Cosmic Mirror:

A most amazing eruption is occurring on comet Holmes which was at 17 mag. at best but on October 24 suddenly began to brighten like crazy: Now (afternoon UTC) it has already reached 3rd magnitude and is easily visible to the naked eye, as reports from Japan indicate: "Perseus does not look 'Perseus' familiar to us due to the bright stellar object now." The comet looks like a bright, yellow star, and only magnification reveals a fuzzy coma around the dusty core. Holmes was discovered in 1892 thanks to a similar outburst, and hope is that the further development will be similar now: the coma should expand over time but stay bright for a week or more. "Following the initial stages of the [1892] outburst, the comet's total magnitude faded only very slowly and it remained visible to the unaided eye for about 3 weeks," advises comet guru John Bortle: "During this interval the coma expanded dramatically (as might be expected), reaching 20'-30' in size before its outer regions began to drop below the sky background." Moreover, there was a second outburst "of almost equal amplitude to the first one, about 75 days following its 1892 November brightening. Thus, I would urge everyone to watch very carefully for a possible repeat of this secondary event about the turn of the year.

"Threatening the world with Famine, Plague and War: To Princes, Death! To Kingdoms, many Crosses; To all Estates, inevitable Losses! To Herdsmen, Rot; to Plowmen, hapless Seasons; To Sailors, Storms, To Cities, Civil Treasons!" De cometis by John Gadbury, London, 1665