NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of Comet 17P/Holmes, which, to the delight of sky watchers, mysteriously brightened by nearly a millionfold in a 24-hour period beginning Oct. 23, 2007.
Story and pictures here.
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...07/40/image/a/
This Picture appears on the Hubble website as well. AMAZING!!! (1.22MB)
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...at/xlarge_web/
The ground-based image of Comet 17P/Holmes was taken November 1, 2007, by astrophotographer
Alan Dyer. The observations were made in southern Alberta, Canada with a 105mm apochromatic refractor at f/5 with a Canon 20Da camera at ISO400. Field is about 2.5 x 1.5 degrees.