<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/keck-telescope-captures-explosive-comet.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>11/08/2007</pubDate><title>Keck Telescope Captures Explosive Comet</title><excerpt>Westmont’s Keck Telescope has provided color photographs of a rare celestial surprise in the northeastern evening sky. Comet 17P/Holmes in the constellation Perseus caught astronomers off guard when it suddenly brightened on October 24.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2007/11/holmescometcolor.jpg" alt="Holmes Comet as taken by Westmont’s Keck Telescope"/>
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