Comet Holmes brightens up !!!!!

The comet Holmes, which visits our solar system every 7 years, has suddenly brightened by nearly a million times (current apparent magnitude: 2.5, for comparison, Sirius-the brightest star in the night sky- is of -1.6 magnitude) for reasons unknown at present. Here is a link of the skymap to spot the comet in the evening sky from Northern hemisphere. I could easily spot it even from the polluted Kanpur sky. The comet is visible to naked eye and through binoculars it looks like fuzzy white disc of the size of a quarter rupee, as the tail of the comet is in opposite direction to the earth. Its a great start for my new binoculars :-) !!