Holmes, first time seeing/imaging

Hello all!

I was just able to watch Holmes last night... for the first time. (due to bad weather & real-life issues)... what an awesome view!

It sure was fun... the comet is quite large, as it was almost taking over the whole chip of my Orion Starshoot. I can still drop a focal reducer to make it last a bit longer though...

The view on binoculars was wonderful... using the Celestron 15x70s the comet was huge, and almost 3D! And the wide views, including the stars surrounding the comet, give it a whole different perspective than what you get in a CCD. (unless you have one of those "monster cameras"...)

Here is a shot of it... a combination of 20x30sec exposures, through a WO 80ED-II refractor.


Thanks for looking! 8)

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Nice shot Ivan! It looks like we were imaging at about the same time last night based upon the background star field.

It is too bad you missed the earlier part of the show. Hopefully the comet will remain bright and continue to change on a daily basis. A second eruption would be very cool.

Take care, Jim

Ivan,
That's a very nice close up image.

Good Shot.
I have been able to see it quite a bit. Here is a compilation of 47 2.8sec shots with my DSI Pro using a Cometron 62 piggybacked on my SPC-8. (Don't think I had darks being subtracted.)
This was shot 11/11 at 6:02 ut. I can see the same stars that are in yours to give a motion perspective.
Brian

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Nice image Ivan. The comet is looking better every day! I can hardly wait to see the tail.

Thanks.

Joe

Hi Ivan -

Nice work! It certainly has been exciting to have this surprise visitor in the night sky.

best,
Alan

Nice job Ivan!
Here it rains so hard that we wouldn't be able to see it even if it were as bright as the sun :C

Thanks for posting it.

Luca

Thank you guys,
Your comments are really apreciated!

This comet does not have the USUAL comet shape (with a long tail), but it sure is nice to watch with binos...

Lets hope weather will cooperate, so that we can all enjoy it for a long while...

Clear skies to all of you! 8)

Ivan,

Very nice!

Dmitri