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Comet Holmes - 17P

Nov. 1, 2007
This was taken several days after the amazing outburt of Comet Holmes where it increased in brightness by more than 1 million times in only a few hours, becoming a naked eye object. The comet was in the constellation Perseus, and was/is a very good sight in binoculars.

5 x 1 min. exposures
Telescope: William Optics 80mm Fluorite APO
Mount: Celestron CGE
Camera: Canon 10D unmodified

Stacked and Calibrated in AIP4WIN
Levels in Photoshop


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