Comet 17P/Holmes
Have you heard about Comet 17P/Holmes? Tonight I brought out my Celestron 8” SCT and photographed the comet with my Nikon Coolpix 4500 (45 second exposure @ ISO 200). I didn't bother to polar align, so that's why the stars are streaked a little. The comet is presently located in the constellation Perseus, which can be found in the northeast sky after sunset. Look for the more familiar "W" of constellation Cassiopeia; Persus is just below. Use your binoculars and scan – you can't miss it! For the next few weeks 17/P Holmes will be heading toward the star Mirfak in Persus, so it should be pretty easy to find.
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Comet 17P/Holmes image © 2007 Mike McDowell
posted by Mike McDowell @ 8:02 PM
8 comments
8 Comments:
Thanks for sharing the photo. I've been admiring this comet too.
Nice job... the comet's been erupting lately and getting a lot of attention.
Killer- I'll have to get to a dark sky and check this out. Thanks for the heads-up!
Thanks for the tip and for the photo! The last comet I saw was Kahoutek back in 1974 or something.
WOW!
Saw it last night--thanks again!
Thanks for the advice, we saw it monday night!
I have taken a few timelapse movies of the comet over the past few days and am out every night that i can until its not visible anymore. its easy to get photos of this one.
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thomas
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