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How fast is comet Holmes growing?

Started by afanas, 10/30/2007 06:56AM
Posted 10/30/2007 06:56AM Opening Post
Greetings,

just how fast is the comet growing?

Well, see for yourself at the attached image!

Shots were done at October 24, 25 and 28 around 11 PM California time.
Celestron CPC 11, Orion StarShoot II camera, 100x0.5 sec exposures.

I was trying to keep processing simple and not varied much from day to day.

On October 28 Comet's outer coma overflows the frame, by you can get an idea of the size.

Next time - got to move to shorter focal lenght!

Vladimir

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Posted 11/01/2007 06:40AM #1
So, as promised I moved to shorter focal lenghts.

The latest pictures are taken with Orion ED 80 (fl 7.5)

Still fast growth in diameter with some loss in brightness.

Keep watching!

Vladimir



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