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Comet Holmes (Nov. 7-21, 2007)

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Photographer

Reza Amini Nejad

Location

Iran,Arak

Date

13 November 2007

Equipment

I used Meade 8" LX200R and Canono 30D.

Description

The comet 17/P Holmes is an incredible object yet.I taken those images by Canon 30D and i used the Meade 8" LX200R telescope. Then I edited with Adobe photoshope CS3.this image show that the size of moon and comet Holmes are nearly equal.
 

Photographer

Gabriel Jorda

Location

Alcoy, Spain

Date

2007-11-13 20:30 UT

Equipment

Telescope Sky- Watcher ED80 y Canon Eos 400D. F:600, f/7,5 Mount: EQ5, drivers DS Meade.

Description

Comet Holmes 17/P. it photographs made day 13 of November to the 20:30 UT
 

Photographer

Bill Graham

Location

Lower Bucks Co., PA, USA

Date

Nov. 12, 2007 0118 UT

Equipment

HP Photosmart C945 digital camera, 16 sec exposure, f/2.8, e.f.l. 300 mm, ASA 100, guided piggy-back on Celestron 8 SCT. Several test exposures were taken on digital camera to fine-tune focus at effective focal length of 300 mm (maximum 8x optical zoom on HP 945).

Description

Comet Holmes at 8:18 PM EST Nov. 11, 2007, shortly before complete cloud cover moved in. North is toward the bottom, with Mirphak (alpha) in Perseus to the upper left of the comet, and delta to the upper right. The tail can be clearly seen pointing toward the line connecting alpha and delta in Perseus. The image was brightened to show more of the comet detail, and color corrected. The original is a >3Mb file showing numerous fainter stars than can be seen in this reduced and compressed photo.
 

Photographer

Aaron Jem Jocko

E-mail

ajocko@hotmail.com

Location

MATTAWA,ONTARIO

Date

Nov 11 11/11 2007/ 02:22am

Equipment

Telescope: Orion 120 ST Mount:CG-5 Camera:Nikon D70s ISO:1600 Epo:1x30sec
 

Photographer

Paul LeFevre

Location

Valley Center, CA

Date

Nov. 13, 2007 8:30 PM

Equipment

Takahashi Sky90II with focal reducer, AstroPhysics AP900GTO mount, Canon 20D camera

Description

Comet 17P/Holmes passing through Perseus
 

Photographer

Steve Wellsted

E-mail

steve@wellsted.net

Location

Ashford, Kent , England

Date

11th Nov 2007, 10pm

Equipment

Mount:- EQ6 Pro, Scope:- Revelation 80mm APO, Camera:- ATIK 16ic, Guide Scope:- William Optics ZS66, Guide Camera:- Opticstar AG-130M.

Description

Image is a combination of 10 x 30 second exsposures in LRGB, processed in Maxim DL & Photoshop. After seeing how bright the comet was to the naked eye I was determined to get a good image of it, I'm very pleased with the result.
 

Photographer

omid shafe

E-mail

omid@broadk.com

Location

Rasht

Date

11th nov. 20:30

Equipment

4 inch reflector(Sky watcher) with Nikon Coolpix 4500 digital camera.6 twenty five second exposures stacked in Photoshop CS3.

Description

 

Photographer

Lorenzo Comolli

E-mail

comolli@libero.it

Location

Bogli, Appennines, Italy

Date

10 November 2007 h 19.24 UT

Equipment

Pentax 75 apo refractor (dia 75mm, 500mm focal length), Canon EOS 350D. Total exposure 1.5 h.

Description

The comet lost the tail while approaching to Mirfak, Alfa Persei. The blue tail is quite long and exceed the field of vew, more than 2°. The dust coma is 16' wide and 23' long (in the sunward direction). The gas coma is 32'x43'.
 

Photographer

Jim Melka

E-mail

jtmelka@yahoo.com

Location

Chesterfield, MO

Date

10-28-2007 at 02:09UT

Equipment

Image was captured with a Canon 20d DSLR with a 270mm telephoto lens on a clock-driven EQ1 Orion equatorial mount. Forty 30sec frames obtained at f/5.6 at a speed of 400 were combined with Images Plus 2.80 to produce a 20-minute exposure.

Description

Sky transparency rated 5 of 6. Altitude of the comet in Perseus about 35 degrees. Note the distinct green color of the outer coma of the comet that has been typical of recent comets. Good seeing. Jim Melka
 

Photographer

Jim Melka

E-mail

jtmelka@yahoo.com

Location

Chesterfield, MO

Date

10-28-2007 at 02:09UT

Equipment

Image was captured with a Canon 20d DSLR with a 270mm telephoto lens on a clock-driven EQ1 Orion equatorial mount. Forty 30sec frames obtained at f/5.6 at a speed of 400 were combined with Images Plus 2.80 to produce a 20-minute exposure.

Description

Sky transparency rated 5 of 6. Altitude of the comet in Perseus about 35 degrees. Note the distinct green color of the outer coma of the comet that has been typical of recent comets. Good seeing. Jim Melka
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