On 24-th October 2007 a strange astronomical event occurred: the brightness of Comet 17P/Holmes increased a billion times during one day.

Before 24-th October the brightness was 17m (lower then the brightness of Pluto). After the flash it became visible to the naked eye and became as bright as Pole Star.

On this page you can see the current animation made by processing of 62 photos.

You can also download high quality animation:

• MOV 975x1000 (420 kb)
• AVI 704x720 (580 kb)

You can also view animation version with original images backgrounds on Animation.

QuickTime-player required for animation viewing.

The aim of this site is to gather data for creating the detailed animation of the Comet 17P/Holmes movement and transformation.

All who are watching and photographing the Comet are welcome to submit their photos. If you would like to make your contribution in creating the animation please upload your photo(s) on image hosting site and fill in the form with photo parameters and the link to your photo.

You also can send your photo by e-mail to: motioncosmos@gmail.com

You can view submission statistics calendar on Animation Information page.

Great thanks to all who submitted their photos: members list.