Since brightening unexpectedly by nearly one million fold in late October, the last three months have found the coma of Comet 17P/Holmes both expanding and fading.

• 自从十月底，它的亮度无预警地增加一百万倍之后，在接下来的三个月内，17P/霍姆斯彗星的彗发慢慢地扩张且变暗。