Comet 17P/Holmes has erupted and become about one million times brighter. The normally dim object is now clearly visible in the Perseus constellation from about 7.30 pm.

Chachoengsao _ A normally dim comet, 17P/Holmes, has wowed stargazers by suddenly becoming so bright it can easily be seen with the naked eye.

Astronomer Voravit Tanvutthibandit said the comet has erupted in an outburst that intensified its brightness one million times, from magnitude 17 to 2, on Wednesday night.

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Photo from Spaceweather.com taken just before moonrise:

Every day the chance of seeing the sky goes down. It would be nice to see something but pollution and light won't let me see anything up there. I think soon we will only be able to see pictures of the sky. There are some cities in China where I bet people have never seen past the pollution. Not funny, it becoming reality in a lot of places.

Less people means more.