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Photographer

Domenico Licchelli

Location

Gagliano del Capo - Italy

Date

November 1

Equipment

Newtonian Telescope 300mm f/5.3 + SXV-H9

Description

This image shows the inner coma of Comet Holmes with numerous streamers and several jets emanating from the nucleus.
 

Photographer

Ricardo Cardoso Reis

E-mail

ricreis@gmail.com

Location

Porto, Portugal

Date

3rd November 2007, 12:07 am (GMT)

Equipment

Meade LXD75 6 inch Newtonian and Pentax K100d

Description

Comet P17 Holmes photographed in a backyard in the center of Porto (near Casa da Música), Portugal. 45.5 second exposure, photoshop enhanced to remove light polution.
 

Photographer

Robert Brenner

Location

Okinawa

Date

10/27/2007 22:24

Equipment

CCD: Watec Neptune 120 Lens: Nikon 135mm F2.8 Mount: NexStar GT

Description

"Early" comet Holmes captured in a 2.7 x 2.0 deg field, 13"/pixel. Approx 5 sec exposure.
 

Photographer

John Buonomo

Location

Billerica MA

Date

11-01-07 11:30pm

Equipment

This is a Larson-Sekanina Processing of Comet Holmes Taken on Nov1st The Image is a 26x360sec with a sac10 and willianm optics 80mm scope autoguided atop a cge mount, seeing 7-10

Description

Attempted to process the fine tail details see my website for color animation version of this image visit http://www.astronight.com
 

Photographer

Troy Gustafson

E-mail

dryrotranch@yahoo.com

Location

Eagan Minnesota

Date

11/2/07-21:00

Equipment

I used a 8" Celestron And a Canon 5D at prime. 1000 ISO for 25 seconds.

Description

This is my first attempt at shooting thought a scope so I hope Im not embarrassing myself . I wish I knew more about stacking images. Could Any one give me a suggestion on a book or two that might help? Thanks
 

Photographer

Ed Chase

Location

Cedar City, Utah

Date

11/02/07 10:57 MDT

Equipment

8" Schmidt Cassegrain w/F6.3 Focal Reducer, Canon eos 300D at ISO 800. 10 sec. exposure. Taken in backyard, rural setting. Seeing 7/10

Description

Holmes looks pretty impressive in the dark skies of Utah. Having a ball showing it to fellow workers.
 

Photographer

Kevin B. Alton

Location

New Jersey

Date

Oct 27, 2007 @ 23:30 EDT

Equipment

Televue NP101 Losmandy G-11 GEM Nikon D70 DSLR ISO 250 (5 x 30sec subs)

Description

Comet 17P/Holmes flareup observed in Perseus (27Oct2007)
 

Photographer

Mike Androsch

E-mail

mike.androsch@aon.at

Location

Oberneukirchen, Austria

Date

1.11.2007 21 p.m.

Equipment

Nikon D70 on tripod

Description

17P/Holmes
 

Photographer

Bob Johnson

E-mail

bjohnson53@shaw.ca

Location

Saskatoon Saskatchewan

Date

Nov 2/07 7pm

Equipment

Meade LX200r and DSI II color with 3.3 focal reducer, 74x

Description

Took this image from my backyard, noticed after 80 stacked images at 8 secs each the green halo of the carbon monoxide started to show up.
 

Photographer

Jjeddah Astronomy Society

E-mail

jeddah_society@yahoo.com

Location

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Date

2 November 2007

Equipment

Meade LX-200 10 inch Meade Super HAD™ Color CCD

Description

Comet 17P/Holmes was so mush bright because the sky of jeddah city was very clear and it was easy to observe the comet by naked eye, It's one of the strangest and most beautiful nights ... ever
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