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PhotographerMalcolm NeoLocationIn my backyard in SingaporeDate26th October, 1930hrs GMTEquipmentCanon Powershot S50 at 3X optical zoom. Settings F/4.9, ISO 100, exposure 10 seconds.DescriptionThe fuzzy comet can be easily spotted using a pair of binoculars in the heavily light-polluted night skies of Singapore and was easily captured using simple exposure settings of a digital camera. Orientation of North is at bottom of the picture, South is top. |
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PhotographerGuenther NeueLocationDortmund, GermanyDate26.10.2007, 18:39-18:43 UTEquipmentNikon Coolpix 885DescriptionThe photo is a superposition of four unguided 8-second exposures. Despite thin clouds, haze, and nearby bright moon the comet was dimly visible for the naked eye. Due to contrast enhancement of the picture the extended comet looks brighter than alpha Persei. The comet's magnitude was estimated as 2.0-2.5. |
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PhotographerAli NorouziLocationTehran.IranDate26/10/2007Equipmentcanon 350D,300mm lens,f/5.6,Iso 800,4 sec.DescriptionPhoto taken at midnight. |
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PhotographerAaron WorleyLocationShaker Heights, OHDate11:34 PM EDT Oct 25EquipmentCelestron 9.25" SCT with DMK monochrome firewire camera, EQ6 mount.DescriptionHere is Comet Holmes as it appeared from the suburbs of Cleveland, OH on the night of Oct 25th. This photo approximates it's visual appearance through the 9.25" SCT at 300x. |
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PhotographerJames CormierLocationSullivan, Maine, USADateOctober 26, 27 8:54 PM EDTEquipment8" Meade SCT with focal reducer (f/6.3) Meade DSI Imager in Monochrome mode. Stack of 19 each 2.8 second exposures.DescriptionComet Holmes on the evening of Friday, October 26th. Note offset nucleus. North is to the left. |
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PhotographerJay EdwardsSLocationMain, NYDate10/25/2007Equipment8" f/7 Criterion Newtonian reflector and Toucam Pro; MX716 CDD & 35mm focal length lens, LRGB filtesDescriptionIn an 8" f/7 Newt. the comet resembled a large planetary nebula with the golden hue of a globular cluster. |
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PhotographerTimothy PickeringLocationMMT Observatory, Mt. Hopkins, AZDatearound 12:00 UT oct 22,23,24,25EquipmentUsed archived images from the MMT All-Sky Camera, http://skycam.mmto.arizona.edu. It is a framegrabbed StellaCam II with a fish-eye lens attached giving a FOV of about 170 deg.DescriptionThis is an animation of four images taken at the same sidereal time during the mornings of October 22, 23, 24, and 25. A white circle is placed in the image centered on where Comet Holmes appears. No object is visible in the first two frames, but very obvious in the last two. Please see the image URL given in the location field. The animation is 800k in size. |
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PhotographerArthur LeeLocationBangor WashingtonDate10/26/2007EquipmentMeade 12 in F10 with D20 at prime focus Stack of 12 10 second images proceesed with IPDescriptionNice image with eccentric inner coma and faint dim area within large outer coma |
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PhotographerGaurav RathodLocationPune, IndiaDate25/10/2007 10:12p.m.EquipmentI used Antares 9" Telescope and Nokia N95 Mobile Phone.DescriptionThe picture is of Comet 17p/Holmes taken from Pune, India. the picture is taken from a Mobile phone(Nokia N95, 5MP). This shows that astronomy photographs can be taken from a mobile phone with great details. |
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PhotographerRichard S. BellLocationKalamazoo, MIDate10/25/2007 @ 10:28 pm EDTEquipmentMeade 12" LX200 SCT (classic) Philips ToUcam Pro (640x480)DescriptionThis image of Comet Holmes was created by stacking 1,357 of 2, 100 images (from two AVI files). It's the closest I could come to matching the view I saw with my own eye to the telescope. Kind of appropriate this comet burst onto the scene around Halloween. It's a trick and a treat! |
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