HOT NEWS: Astronomers in Japan, Persia and Europe report that Comet 17P/Holmes is undergoing a spectacular eruption. The 17th magnitude comet has brightened by a factor of five hundred thousand or more during the past 24 hours becoming a naked-eye object in the evening sky. Look for a yellow 2.5th magnitude fuzzball in the constellation Perseus after sunset. [sky map] [ephemeris] [3D orbit] Space Weather News for Oct. 24, 2007 http://spaceweather.com Philip. Deep impact NASA is being quiet.. Prof McCanny always said comets are not dirty snowballs..