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PhotographerB ashar MarkabawiLocationLake Havasu City, ArizonaDate11/28/2007 at 9:00 PM, MST.EquipmentWO 80 mm at F6.0. Camera modified EOS 350D. Mount EQ3 Orion.DescriptionThis is a composite of 5 pictures 80 seconds each stacked with MaximDSLR and split color. Unsharp mask with Photoshop and resized. The comet is still an unaided eye object at about magniyude 4.0. |
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PhotographerPete LaFranceLocationAvondale PaDateNov. 22 2007EquipmentCGE mount Orion 120 mmF6DescriptionComet |
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PhotographerGuenther NeueLocationDortmund, GermanyDateDec 01, 2007, 19:53-20:00 UTEquipmentNikon Coolpix 885 with TC-E3 ED telephoto lensDescriptionA composite of eight guided 8-second exposures which approximates the view in 7x50 binoculars. |
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PhotographerMilan GucicLocationBelgrade, SerbiaDate01. dec 2007.EquipmentCelestron 150/1200 HD refractor + Canon 350D on CG-5 mount.DescriptionIt's to soon for "goodbye" to comet Holmes! She's brighter than lights from Belgrade's two and a half million people. |
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PhotographerTodd VanceLocationMillersville, MDDate11/30/2007 at 7:42pm ESTEquipmentCanon EOS Digital Rebel XTi ISO 1600, 300mm zoom lens, F/8, 13 30-second exposures stacked with MLUnsold's ImagePlus, piggybacked on a Celestron CG-5 goto mount.DescriptionLast Friday I went to a star party with Howard Astronomical League in Maryland and braved the cold air to see what was out there, and got a medium field photo (a few degrees) of the comet. Mirfak (Alpha Persei) is to the left. Note the nucleus and that the comet has a tail. The entire halo filled a good portion of my 1.5 degree FOV eyepiece (Williams Optics "Swan" 2in 72 degree AFOV, 25mm at 48x on the 1200mm focal length Celestron C6-R 6in refractor) so it's about 3/4 of a degree in diameter, bigger than the full moon. In actual size, the tenuous halo is actually bigger than the sun. Too bad it doesn't cross Earth's orbit, or we'd have a pretty nice meteor shower from it. |
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PhotographerColin St. JohnLocationWaltham, MADate11/29/07 10:45 PMEquipmentFujifilm Finepix S5200 20 15s second exposures at ISO 1600 taken on a fixed tripod mount and stacked with RegiStax.DescriptionPhoto shows the comet's coma with some internal strucure and just a hint of a nucleus to the lower right of the bright inner part of the comet's coma. Shows more detail than I expect with such a basic set up, and only 15 miles from downtown Boston. Stacking frames with RegiStax greatly improved the quality over that of a single frame. |
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PhotographerRichard S. BellLocationKalamazoo, MIDate11/30/2007 @ 10:00 pm ESTEquipmentTele Vue Pronto 70 mm refractor (with Focal Reducer/Field Flattener) and Canon 300D piggybacked on 12" LX200DescriptionThis was my first chance to capture an image of Comet Holmes in over a month (Michigan weather can be very cruel). I'm glad it's still putting on a great show! |
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PhotographerJohn StetsonLocationFalmouth, MaineDate112307 (moon), 112807 (Comet Holmes)Equipment4" refractor and a DSLRDescriptionOur moon,99% illuminated, 112307; Comet Holmes, 112807; Comet Holmes and our moon layered so that their sizes could be compared. |
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PhotographerJohn PaneLocationMarshall Township, PA, USA near PittsburghDate2007-11-29 22:00 ESTEquipmentCanon 40D and 200mm f/2.8L lens, Celestron CG-5 mount. Forty-two 30-second exposures at f/5, ISO 1600.DescriptionThe comet is in front a rich star field, and hundreds of background stars can be seen through the coma, which had a diameter of more than one degree along its longest axis, and a width of about 50 arcminutes. The brightest star near the comet is Iota Persei. |
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PhotographerBashar MarkabawiLocationLake Havasu City, ArizonaDate11/28/2007. At 10:47 PM MST.EquipmentWilliam optics 80 mm doublet at F6.0. Camera EOS 350D modified. Mount EQ3 motorized.DescriptionThis is a 5 minute exposure unguided on 11/28/07. The comet still bright at 4 magnitude. The picture resized by photoshop but not processed. |
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