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PhotographerJames L. MaxwellLocationNear Jemez Springs, New Mexico, USADateNovember 16, 2007EquipmentMeade 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.DescriptionThis 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. |
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PhotographerGuenther NeueLocationDortmund, GermanyDateNov 22, 2007, 17:46-17:55 UTEquipmentNikon Coolpix 885 with telephoto converter TC-E3 EDDescriptionThe picture is a composite of twelve 8-second guided exposures. |
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PhotographerJohn StetsonLocationFalmouth, MaineDate112307Equipment4"refractor and a DSLRDescription... the biggest and the brightest in the night sky |
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PhotographerOwe DahrenLocationKumla, SwedenDateOctober 24 to November 23EquipmentPentax *istDS with 135 mm lens at f:3.5 exp.30 sec.DescriptionThe 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. |
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PhotographerMelissa HulbertLocationMudgee Observatory, Mudgee, NSW, AustraliaDate12th November, 2007 at 12:52am ADSTEquipmentCanon 20D and a William Optics 132mm with field flattener. 7 minute exposure at ISO 400.DescriptionComet 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. |
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PhotographerJames WestLocationHampshireDate28th November 2007 2150GMTEquipmentCanon 300D with Canon 100-400mm IS Lens at 400mm, f5.6, ISO 1600 guided for 60 sefcs.DescriptionComet Holmes in Perseus on 28th Nov 2007 |
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PhotographerTom DianaLocationsoutheastern MinnesotaDate11/16/07 7:30 CSTEquipmentVixen R200SS reflector at prime focus Combination of 4 3-minute exposures on Kodak 400 film Camera Pentax SPDescriptionComet Holmes near Mirfak (Alpha Persei) |
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PhotographerGabor Szitkay, Barnabas KochLocationHungary, Nyul village, A*P*O ObservatoryDateNov. 4. 2007 22:40UTEquipmentAsto-Physics 155 APQ F9, Fornax 100 mount, modified Canon 30D at iso1600. Exp.: 30x75"DescriptionThis 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. |
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PhotographerMark RobertsLocationCCCA Observatory Wellandport, Ontario, CanadaDateNovember 11/07 at 12:55 amEquipment8" Konus Newtonian Reflector F5 Losmandy Gll Canon Digital Rebel XTDescriptionEven with the considerable expansion of the coma, the comet was still an easy naked eye object from our observatory site. Prime focus F5 Single 60sec@800iso unguided RAW image, Dark frame subtracted, levels in Photoshop CS. resized and converted to JPG. |
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PhotographerDilip kumarLocationMysore, Karnataka, India.Date11.18.07- 1.45amEquipmentTelescope is 6" Reflector,equitorially mounted with hand drive. Camera:NikonD80 with 170-500mm Lens,at f/8,ISO 3200, mounted Piggy back on the telescope, which is hand driven for an exposure time of 309 seconds. The image is single frame. |
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