Photographer

thomas backer

E-mail

tom@tombacker.com

Location

Auburn CA, USA

Date

12-13-2007, 9:14pm

Equipment

Canon 5D, 50mm f/1.4 lens @ f/1.4, ISO 1600, 15 sec exposure. No mount, (hence the blur).

Description

I was hoping to get a meteor from the Geminids near the comet and fortunately I did. It is faint, but still I think looks pretty cool. And even better, double cluster is in the photo as well!

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

nzubenel@kc.rr.com

Location

Linn Co., Kansas, USA.

Date

Feb. 29, 2008, 8:22 pm, CST

Equipment

Canon Rebel XTi with a 135mm Nikkor lens @ f/2.8 - 4, and a 4 minute exposure at ISO 800. Editing done in Canon Zoombrowzer with additional digital darkroom by Sean Walker.

Description

I had seen a couple of amazing images of 17P/Holmes approaching NGC 1499 elsewhere on the web, and went out the first available clear night to capture the action. On the evenings of march 7th and 8th, comet 17P/Holmes will pass just "offshore" of "San Francisco!"

Photographer

Gabor Szitkay, Barnabas Koch

E-mail

negerzorro@yahoo.com

Location

Hungary, Nyul village, A*P*O Observatory

Date

Nov. 4. 2007 22:40UT

Equipment

Asto-Physics 155 APQ F9, Fornax 100 mount, modified Canon 30D at iso1600. Exp.: 30x75"

Description

This image shows comet Holmes and its tail. Processed in IRIS, PS, MaximDL. The comet head processed with Larson-Sekina filter to emphasize the inner structure.

Photographer

Tom Diana

E-mail

tomdiana@acegroup.cc

Location

southeastern Minnesota

Date

11/16/07 7:30 CST

Equipment

Vixen R200SS reflector at prime focus Combination of 4 3-minute exposures on Kodak 400 film Camera Pentax SP

Description

Comet Holmes near Mirfak (Alpha Persei)

Photographer

James West

Location

Hampshire

Date

28th November 2007 2150GMT

Equipment

Canon 300D with Canon 100-400mm IS Lens at 400mm, f5.6, ISO 1600 guided for 60 sefcs.

Description

Comet Holmes in Perseus on 28th Nov 2007

Photographer

Melissa Hulbert

E-mail

melhulbert@yahoo.com.au

Location

Mudgee Observatory, Mudgee, NSW, Australia

Date

12th November, 2007 at 12:52am ADST

Equipment

Canon 20D and a William Optics 132mm with field flattener. 7 minute exposure at ISO 400.

Description

Comet Holmes was surprising large and bright given it was very low on the northern horizon here in Australia. No tail was visible in either binoculars or a telescope. Estimated magnitude was between 2.5-3.0.

Photographer

Owe Dahren

Location

Kumla, Sweden

Date

October 24 to November 23

Equipment

Pentax *istDS with 135 mm lens at f:3.5 exp.30 sec.

Description

The image shows the position and brightness of Comet Holmes between October 24 and November 23. All images have been processed identically, but the image from Nov. 23 has been contrast enhanced, due to disturbimg moonlight.

Photographer

John Stetson

E-mail

jstetson@maine.rr.com

Location

Falmouth, Maine

Date

112307

Equipment

4"refractor and a DSLR

Description

... the biggest and the brightest in the night sky

Photographer

Guenther Neue

Location

Dortmund, Germany

Date

Nov 22, 2007, 17:46-17:55 UT

Equipment

Nikon Coolpix 885 with telephoto converter TC-E3 ED

Description

The picture is a composite of twelve 8-second guided exposures.

Photographer

James L. Maxwell

E-mail

jlmaxwell@starband.net

Location

Near Jemez Springs, New Mexico, USA

Date

November 16, 2007

Equipment

Meade 10" LXD55 Schmidt Newtonian UHTC, Losmandy G-11 Mount, Cooled Centralds Canon 400D DSLR at 27 deg. F, Acquired and Processed in Nebulosity, Further Processing in PhotoFiltre and Photoshop.

Description

This astrophoto shows Comet Holmes near Alpha Persei with a portion of the "broken-off" tail at lower right. The comet nucleus appears to partially occult a small star during the exposure. The photo is a stack of 130x8second exposures using only light frames (no dark frames), and attempts to bring out both the fine tail and detail of the coma. Taken at Jemez Mountain Observatory at 8300 ft. elevation.