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PhotographerROBERTO CRIPPALocationTRADATE ITALYDate31-10-2007EquipmentTelescope Astronomic Observatory of Tradate Italy FOAM13 from 650MM F/5 + CCD HISIS 1001 Alpha,DescriptionIntegrated exposure of 300 images from 5 seconds the one minutes, elaboration unscharp mask |
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PhotographerRick HouseLocationBelton TexasDate10:00 pm CSTEquipmentCanon 20D with 300mm lens and 1.4x converter, mounted piggyback on Meade LX200R. 110 second exposure. Cropped to enlarge the comet and lowered contrast to see the ion colors.DescriptionComet Holmes with ion cloud visible. |
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PhotographerRichard & Margaret SchmidtLocationWashingon DCDate1 Nov. 12:37-12:49 amEquipmentUS Naval Observatory 12-inch refractor, Nikon D100 prime focus ISO 6400 stack of 25 exposures 20-seconds each.DescriptionThis image shows the still bright but considerably faded nucleus of Comet Holmes with a tail streamer extending to the southwest about 2 arc minutes in length. This rotational gradient image was made from differencing the original image with two copies rotated plus and minus 15 degrees. The telescope is a vintage refractor made in November 1892, the discovery date of the comet. |
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PhotographerMalcolm JenningsLocationThornton Heath UKDate31/10/07 21:00Equipment12" f4.3 Newtonian (home made) + Stellacam3 through R,G,B and Clear filtersDescriptionClose view of Comet Holmes |
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PhotographerJim WatermanLocationBedford, NHDateOctober 30,2007 at 8:30PM EDTEquipmentEquipment: Starmaster 14.5 DOB with Skytracking, Olympus 550 Digital Camera using a Scopetronix Maxview 40mm lens at 3x magnification.DescriptionThis photo was taken with an exposure of 6 sec at ISO 400. Some processing was done with Photoshop to bring out the distinction between the colors. Comet Holmes seemed to get better with higher magnification. |
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PhotographerJacques AmableLocationLe Havre (France)Date10/30/07EquipmentMeade LX200 GPS 14" + DSI 1DescriptionThe false colour revealed the comet structure |
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PhotographerGregory J. StrikeLocationKaukauna, WIDate10-25-2007 @ ~9:00pmEquipment8" f/6 Dobsonian / Canon Rebel XT /DescriptionComet Holmes (17P) one night after exploding in magnitude. |
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PhotographerSayan ChakrabortiLocationTenerifeDate1 November 2007 (02:30:37 UTC)EquipmentBradford Robotic Telescope, Tenerife, Celestron 14", V filter, 5secDescriptionThe image, taken remotely with the Bradford Robotic Telescope, shows the Comet 17P Holmes with inner bright region, a prominent glow around it and an extended outer halo. The small point spread functions of the rest of the stars in the field demonstrate that the halo is not a seeing artifact, but a real extension. |
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PhotographerRich HammarLocationSpringfield, MissouriDateOctober 30, 11:30 PMEquipment14.5" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien, Paramount ME mount, STL11000 CCD cameraDescription10x90 seconds luminance, and 10x30 seconds RGB, for a total exposure of 30 minutes. The comet is at opposition, so there is no tail visible from Earth. |
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PhotographerMaynard PittendreighLocationLawrenceville GADateNovember 1 2007 417 UTCEquipmentCelestron 14 SCTDescriptionI took several photos throughout the evening on Halloween, and each photo showed this same odd shaping of the comet. It was quite unlike the previous night. I was also online with Slooh.com's telescope, and it showed the same unusual shape. |
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