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Photographer

Dave Schmahl

E-mail

astrostopphotos@cox.net

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Date

Nov. 21, 2007

Equipment

Canon Digital Rebel, 300mm, CG-5 mount

Description

Five photos of Comet Holmes are combined here to show how the comet has moved through Perseus during November, 2007.
 

Photographer

Fausto Mella

E-mail

bill_lombardo@alice.it

Location

Cislago Lombardy Italy

Date

11/11/2007 22.13 CEU

Equipment

EOS 350 D on a tripod, no guiding or tracking, Kenlock lens 135mm f/1.8, 4 x 5 seconds exposures, ISO 800, registered and combined with Photoshop CS2

Description

Just 5 seconds to avoid star trails from a polluted site.
 

Photographer

Daniel Jackson

Location

Galilee, Israel

Date

Nov 17, 2007 at 8:40pm

Equipment

The image is a composite of 6 images taken at three exposure times (15 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec) with a Canon 20D dslr, ISO 800, manual settings, which was mounted at prime focus to a Celestron 105mm "spotter scope" attached to a EQ-5 equatorial drive. The images were combined using Registar v1.07 and finished with Photoshop adjusting the red channel to remove excessive light pollution.

Description

The image shows Comet 17P/Holmes passing Alpha Perseus on the evening of November 17, 2007 at 8:40 pm. The nucleus of the comet is clearly visible as is the extended tail. It also shows apparent motion as the leading edge of the scattered light is rounded but the trailing edge is not.
 

Photographer

Gabor Szitkay, Barnabas Koch

E-mail

negerzorro@yahoo.com

Location

Hungary, Nyul village, A*P*O Observatory

Date

Nov. 4. 2007 22:00UT

Equipment

180mm Nikon ED at F5,6, modified Canon 30D, Fornax 100 mount.

Description

This photo shows Comet Holmes trough a 180mm Nikkor tele. The image is stacked from 20x155" images at ISO1250. You can see an intersting effect around the bright stars, because we used the F2.8 tele at F5.6.
 

Photographer

Joe Newman

E-mail

jenewman2001@yahoo.com

Location

Eutawville, SC

Date

Nov 20, 2007 4:19am (local)

Equipment

Celestron 80ED, Losmandy GM-8 Canon Rebel 350D, Hutech modified

Description

Comet Holmes towards the end of the "easy" shooting. Still bright, and fits nicely in prime focus on the 80ED. No moon, but lots of local lights, so used Photoshop CS2 to remove light polution. Just for fun, increased contrast and it makes for a striking, if slightly artificial, shot. This is my first try at astrophotograpy. How lucky can you get to have a comet blow up as your first subject!
 

Photographer

Patrick Collins

Location

Niantic, CT

Date

11/14/07 03:01:40 UT

Equipment

Meade 12" LX200 Classic SCT, Meade Pictor 416XT, with f/3.3 Focal Reducer
 

Photographer

Andy Kastrup

E-mail

andy@protronics.com

Location

Innsbrook Missouri

Date

11/17/07 11:20 PM

Equipment

Orion SharShoot DSCI II CCD Camera and Pentax 400mm F4 lens.

Description

This is a stack of three guided 60s exposures taken in a dense woods. This is the first photo ever with this CCD camera. The moon had just gone down before midnight and clouds cleared to sneak in a few shots before the comet hid behind tree limbs. This particular photo is a good compromise between showing the comet nucleus and surrounding ionized gas glow.
 

Photographer

John Stetson

E-mail

jstetson@maine.rr.com

Location

Falmouth, Maine

Date

111707 and 111907

Equipment

4" refractor and DSLR

Description

The current retrograde motion of Comet Holmes can be seen in the images of Comet Holmes and Merfak.
 

Photographer

Michael Madsen

Location

Stony Ridge Observatory California

Date

11/18/07 - 1:22 am PST

Equipment

Pentax 100 SDUF II F/4 Nikon D200 AP 900 QMD head 30 sec. unguided exposure.

Description

Comet Holmes, similar to the visual view in the same scope.
 

Photographer

Cristiano Fumagalli

E-mail

fumagallic@tiscali.it

Location

Castione della Presolana (BG), Italy

Date

November, 3 2007. h 22,30 UT

Equipment

Telescope: Meade 12" LX 200 CCD Starlite Xpress SXL8

Description

Sum of six frmes. Exp.: 15 seconds each frame
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