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Comet 17P/Holmes December 1st

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17 years 1 month ago #55464 by Keith g
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Well, with the whole 15 minutes of clear night sky I've had the entire week in between the rain, I looked at Comet Holmes this evening with my 15x70mm binoculars, It looked bigger than the full moon, over a degree in diameter and still quite bright. It inspired me to really!!!! set up my C8 SCT fast, polar aligned manually and attached my 400D piggyback on top of the scope. I could hear the wind howling as another heavy shower was approaching from the west after this stormy day, and I managed to shoot these stacked 4 frames with my 70mm L lens. No time for darks as it was then raining :cry:

This is still a great sight!!!
The comet still has a beautiful oval shape, what do you think???
Keith..

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17 years 1 month ago #55468 by carlobeirnes
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Very nice keith I haven't seen the comet for a few weeks due to the weather well done :wink:

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17 years 1 month ago #55469 by DaveGrennan
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Yep that is a first class shot keith, a worthy addion the the gallery of a fine photographer.

Congrats from me.

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17 years 1 month ago #55470 by paulevans
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That's a very nice shot Keith! I'm hoping for some clearance tonight but it doesn't look like happening yet, despite the weatherman's promises :-(

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17 years 1 month ago #55474 by wellbuttie
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class image there keith... well done

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17 years 1 month ago #55479 by dave_lillis
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What a great pic Keith, how did you manage not to get blown away by the stormy wind ? :lol:

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