Comet Holmes | Paul Seifert

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Photographer
Paul Seifert
Email
seifert@cord.edu
Location of photo
Moorhead, MN
Date/Time of photo
9:00pm, Oct. 29
Equipment
Pentax K100D at prime focus on a JMI NGT-18 newtonian. 10 seconds at 1600 ISO.
Description
Taken on Concordia College's 18-inch Newtonian in south Moorhead, it's Comet Holmes during a star party we had for students. Most had never seen a comet before, especially this nicely through a telescope. You can see a little of the orange haze of light pollution creeping in.
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