Comet 17P Holmes Photos

Comet 17P Holmes - Animation sequence

Click image below to watch video animation showing the comet from 24th October till 17th December
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Comet 17P Holmes - 17th December 2007 - Compared to the Moon

The comet is now very big, but also quite faint.

Picture of Comet 17P Holmes taken at Sandsli outside Bergen, Norway. December 17, 2007, 19:30 UT+1
Camera: Canon EOS20D
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm EX APO HSM f1:4 at 300mm
Exposure: 24 x 100 sec, f6.3, at 400 ISO, aligned and stacked in DeepSky Stacker.
The picture of the moon is taken the same evening at same focal length and overlaid to show the proportions.
The composite picture has been cropped corresponding to a focal length of approx. 430 mm.

Comet 17P Holmes - 19th November 2007

Passing the star Mirfak in Perseus

Picture of Comet 17P Holmes taken at Sandsli outside Bergen, Norway. November 19, 2007, 18:30 UT+1
Camera: Canon EOS20D
Telescope: Telescope: Vixen R200SS 8" Reflector
Exposure: 30 sec, f4, at 800 ISO, 15 exposures aligned and stacked in DeepSky Stacker

Bilde av komet 17P Holmes tatt på Sandsli utenfor Bergen. 19 november 2007, kl 18:30 lokal tid.
Kamera: Canon EOS20D
Teleskop: Vixen R200SS 200mm reflektor
Eksponering: 30 sek, f4, ved 800 ISO, 15 eksponeringer stacket med DeepSky Stacker

Comet 17P Holmes - 13th November 2007

Picture of Comet 17P Holmes taken at Sandsli outside Bergen, Norway. November 13, 2007, 18:30 UT+1
Camera: Canon EOS20D
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 II ED APO refractor
Exposure: 40 sec, f6.8, at 800 ISO, 11 exposures aligned and stacked in DeepSky Stacker
The picture is slightly cropped, 545 mm focal length.

Bilde av komet 17P Holmes tatt på Sandsli utenfor Bergen. 13 november 2007, kl 18:30 lokal tid.
Kamera: Canon EOS20D
Teleskop: William Optics ZenithStar 80 II ED APO refractor
Exposure: 40 sec, f6.8, at 800 ISO, 11 eksponeringer stacket med DeepSky Stacker
Bildet er litt beskjært, 545 mm brennvidde.

Comet 17P Holmes - 25.10 - 03.11.2007

Comet 17P Holmes photographed at the following dates:

25.10 - 29.10 - 30.10 -1.11 - 3.11

Comet 17P Holmes - 30th October 2007

Picture of Comet 17P Holmes taken at Sandsli outside Bergen, Norway. October 30, 2007, 18:36 UT+1
Camera: Canon EOS20D
Telescope: Vixen R200SS 8" Reflector
Exposure: 30sec, f4, at 800 ISO, 7 exposures manually aligned and stacked in PhotoShop CS2
Slightly cropped image at 800mm focal length

Bilde av komet 17P Holmes tatt på Sandsli utenfor Bergen. 30 oktober 2007, kl 18:36 lokal tid.
Kamera: Canon EOS20D
Teleskop: Vixen R200SS 8" Reflektor
Eksponering: 30 sek, f4, ved 800 ISO, 7 eksponeringer stacket manuelt i PhotoShop CS2
Bildet er litt beskjært, 800mm brennvidde.

Same picture as above, but enhanced to bring more details in the weak outer coma.

Samme bildet som over, men strukket for å fa fram mer av den svært svake komaen.

Comet 17P Holmes - 29th October 2007

Picture of Comet 17P Holmes taken at Sandsli outside Bergen, Norway. October 29, 2007, 22:01 UT+1
Camera: Canon EOS20D
Telescope: Vixen R200SS 8" Reflector
Exposure: 6 sec, f4, at 200 ISO, 5 exposures manually aligned and stacked in PhotoShop CS2
Full field image at 800mm focal length

Bilde av komet 17P Holmes tatt på Sandsli utenfor Bergen. 29 oktober 2007, kl 22:01 lokal tid.
Kamera: Canon EOS20D
Teleskop: Vixen R200SS 8" Reflektor
Eksponering: 6 sek, f4, ved 200 ISO, 5 eksponeringer manuelt opplinjert og stacket i PhotoShop CS2
Bildet viser hele feltet ved 800mm brennvidde.

Same picture as above, but cropped to show the details of the comet
Here we can see several stars through the comet disk, we can also see a darker concentric ring, and possibly a very faint blue halo.

Samme bilde som over, men beskåret for å få fram detaljene bedre.
Her kan vi tydelig se flere stjerner gjennom kometen, en mørk ring 3/4 ut mot kanten, og muligens ane en svak blå halo.

Comet 17P Holmes - 25th October 2007

Picture of Comet 17P Holmes taken at Sandsli outside Bergen, Norway. October 25, 2007, 20:29 UT+2
Camera: Canon EOS20D
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 II ED APO refractor
Exposure: 1 sec, f6.8, at 800 ISO, 5 exposures aligned and stacked manually in PhotoShop CS2
Image cropped to about half size.

Bilde av komet 17P Holmes tatt på Sandsli utenfor Bergen. 25 oktober 2007, kl 20:29 lokal tid.
Kamera: Canon EOS20D
Teleskop: William Optics ZenithStar 80 II ED APO refraktor
Eksponering: 1 sek, f6.8, ved 800 ISO, 5 eksponeringer stacket manuelt i PhotoShop CS2
Bildet er beskåret til ca halv størrelse

Picture of Comet 17P Holmes taken at Sandsli outside Bergen, Norway. October 25, 2007, 20:29 UT+2
Camera: Canon EOS20D
Telescope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 II ED APO refractor
Exposure: 1 sec, f6.8, at 800 ISO, 5 exposures aligned and stacked manually in PhotoShop CS2
Same image as above, but cropped and blown up a bit.

Bilde av komet 17P Holmes tatt på Sandsli utenfor Bergen. 25 oktober 2007, kl 20:29 lokal tid.
Kamera: Canon EOS20D
Teleskop: William Optics ZenithStar 80 II ED APO refraktor
Eksponering: 1 sek, f6.8, ved 800 ISO, 5 eksponeringer stacket manuelt i PhotoShop CS2
Samme bilde som over, men beskåret og blåst opp noe i størrelse