http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observin ... 52981.html
Very interesting that LINEAR became the 2nd comet to be observed having such outbursts.
As seen in the second image, taken in a different wavelength, LINEAR reveals a sweet spiral pattern similar to how spiral galaxies look!
Will be closely monitoring LINEAR. From what I have heard from amateur astronomers, they mentioned that LINEAR looks brighter and larger than comet ISON currently. Those of you who want to give a shot at finding LINEAR, it's currently in Coma Berenices (refer to the information the linked S&T article). Good luck people! ^_^
Comet C/2012 X1 LINEAR's outburst
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