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PhotographerPierre PaquetteLocationMontreal-NordDate2007-10-29 00:45 EDTEquipmentSkyWatcher 80mm f/5 refractor on motorized German equatorial mount Meade DSI camera at prime focusDescriptionAfter coming back from an Australian Pink Floyd Show performance, I decided to go for my other passion and got out to shoot the comet, despite my relative lack of experience with my Meade DSI (used only twice before!)... |
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PhotographerRuss KoenigLocationBack yard, suburban MinneapolisDate10/28, 12:30 am CSTEquipment8 inch Meade LXD75 SCT and Meade DSI.DescriptionDespite cold temps and tempermental equipment leading to one cranky operator, the photo didn't turn out half bad. |
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PhotographerDeepakLocationIn a park in South London (in Croydon)Date01/11/2007 11:23 p.MEquipmentNikon D70s Digital SLR Camera using 70mm Nikkor F4.5 on a tripod 13secs exposure.DescriptionI had read about the comet reaching naked eye brightness. Been trying to spot it since 3 days as the weather conditions ware bad. Finally spotted and photographed it. |
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PhotographerRick TurrentineLocationBolingbrook, IL, USADate10/29/2007 10 pm Local timeEquipmentA composite of 10 x 2 minute exposures through an Orion ED80 refractor using an SBIG ST2000XCM cameraDescriptionOn my first attempt I wasn't sure I was seeing the comet. It was so bright and lacking a tail I feared my scope was covered with dew. But yes, the comet was that bright. What an excellent sight. A truly memorable one! |
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PhotographerMaynard PittendreighLocationLawrenceville GADate7 PM to 9:30 PM ETEquipment14 inch SCT Celestron.DescriptionThis animation shows Comet Holmes occulting a pair of stars on November 1, 2007. |
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Photographermyron wasiutaLocationspotsylvania virginiaDate10-31-07 10:30 EDTEquipmentCGE 1400 at f/11 ST-402 ccd cameraDescriptionThis image is a closeup of the inner coma and nucleus area of Comet Holmes. It shows the numerous streamers and several jets emanating from the nucleus. |
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Photographermyron wasiutaLocationspotsylvania, virginiaDate10-30-07 About 10:30 EDTEquipmentCGE1400 at f/7 using ST-402DescriptionI tried to image the subtle detail present within the central coma as well as the outer coma. The yellowish color was very apparent visually in the C14 at low and medium powers! |
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PhotographerMircea RadutiuLocationBucharest, romaniaDate30 Oct. 2007, 23:48 UTCEquipmentNikon D40, C9.25" F/D10 prime focusDescriptionA comparison of 2 17P images 5 days apart. The only clear nights so far good enough to take a few shots at this beauty. |
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PhotographerJoseph CaruanaLocationGhajnsielem, Gozo, MaltaDate31st October, 2007EquipmentCelestron Nexstar 8i and Meade DSI PRODescriptionThis is an RGB image of Comet 17P/Holmes. R:G:B (mins) - 4.7:4.2:4.7. Stacked in Envisage; Colour channels combined and processed in Photoshop. |
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PhotographerJoe StefaniakLocationOrange County, NYDateOct 29, 2007EquipmentVixen R200ss G-11 Hx916 ST-4DescriptionComet17P/Holmes processed with AIP4WIN2 using frie&chen processing and additional enhancements with Photoshop 7 to view it in better detail and determine direction. 29 pics x 30 sec aligned and stacked on comet. |
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