Comet Holmes brightening?

I'm making visual comparisons of Comet Holmes with delta Per (the 3.0 mag
star next to it). Last night the comet definitely looked brighter than the
star, maybe 2.6 or 2.7. Two evenings earlier I estimated them to be nearly
equal. Whatever is going on, it definitely isn't fading to any significant
degree.

(I put on my reading glasses to do this, which blurs the stars and comet to
similar diameters. Makes the estimation process much more straightforward).

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Mike Dworetsky

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