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Comet Holmes: November 22 to Present
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationWabaunsee Co., Kansas, USA.DateMarch 8, 2008, ~ 8:00pm, CSTEquipmentHutech modified Canon Rebel XTi with a 300mm Nikkor lens @ f/5.6, 3 exposures totalling 676 seconds at ISO 800. Stacked with MaxIm DL.DescriptionHere is tenacious Comet Holmes stopping off San Francisco for some seafood at Scoma's. |
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Photographerthomas backerLocationAuburn CA, USADate12-13-2007, 9:14pmEquipmentCanon 5D, 50mm f/1.4 lens @ f/1.4, ISO 1600, 15 sec exposure. No mount, (hence the blur).DescriptionI 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! |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationLinn Co., Kansas, USA.DateFeb. 29, 2008, 8:22 pm, CSTEquipmentCanon 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.DescriptionI 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!" |
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PhotographerAzhy Chato HasanLocationNorthern Iraq-ArbilCity-DateNov11.2007EquipmentNikon D50 - Nikkor 28-200mm lense with f.1.3,2- at 30 second exposure time. on a tripod |
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PhotographerAntonios PantelidisLocationFlorina city, GreeceDate1-21-2008EquipmentNikon d70, Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 , 42 frames 30 sec each, ISO 1600.DescriptionComet Holmes meets Algol. |
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PhotographerJoseph ComeauLocationAlburgh, VTDate10-25, 10-28, 11-2, 11-11-2007Equipmentall LXD-55 10" F4 with SAC10 on 10-25 and 10-28 and canon XTI on 11-2 and 11-11-2007DescriptionThis photo is a mosaic of views of Comet Holmes in 2007 10/25 23:27 UT, 10/29 03:30 UT, 11/2 23:12 UT and 11/11 22:46 UT |
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PhotographerBashar MarkabawiLocationLake Havasu City, ArizonaDate12/12/2007. 1:30 AM.EquipmentWilliam Optics 80 mm doublet. Canon EOS 350XTI modified. Orion EQ3 mount motorized.DescriptionComposite of 10X30" pictures stacked with Deep Sky Stacker 3.0.5. The comet still a naked eye object. |
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PhotographerZbigniew ZEMBATYLocationIsrael, Negev DesertDateDecember 6th 2007, 4.15 amEquipmentCanon 30D with Sigma 30mm lens stopped down to f/2.8, exposure of 15 seconds.DescriptionAt Technion, Haifa, I had an opportunity to go to the Negev Desert and take a picture of 17P/Holmes. The sky was slightly illuminated by the waining Moon. |
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PhotographerFabiomassimo CastelluzzoLocationSant'Oreste (ITALY)Date19 nov 2007EquipmentNewton Skywatcher 250 f5 no eq6 Canon 350D Coma corrector BaaderDescriptionComet Holmes and Mirphak. 18X150 sec. Elab. Iris and Photoshop Manual guide with 70 900 refractor. |
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PhotographerJohn PaneLocationMarshall Township, PA, USA near PittsburghDate2007-12-12 20:32 ESTEquipmentCanon 40D and 200mm f/2.8L lens, Celestron CG-5 mount. Thirty-one 30-second exposures at f/5, ISO 1600.DescriptionThe coma had a diameter of more than 1.4 degrees along its longest axis, and a width of about one degree. NGC 1169, a magnitude 12.4 galaxy, can be faintly seen near the right edge of the coma. |
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