GUEST COMETS ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY Last updated: 9 November 2007

Some ETX users have sent me examples of their astrophotography. If you have some examples you would like included here please send me a description of how you made the astrophotos and a copy of the images as GIF or JPEG files (due to internet email gateway issues, please send only one image file per message). Send to etx@me.com. Alternatively, if you have created your own web page with your examples please let me know and I'll include a link to your site.

Submitted by: Renee Ann Wirick (reneeannwirick@yahoo.com) [9 Nov 07]
I couldn't believe how big this comet has gotten since the last image in 31 October 07! This latest was taken tonight, 09 November 07. For a minute I thought I had left the Barlow lens up the difference was so large!!! :) Here are both for comparison.
Submitted by: KIRAN chakravarti (kiranchak@yahoo.co.uk) [4 Nov 07]
The attached image is a photo I took on the 2nd November of Comet 17/P Holmes. It was taken on using a Meade ETX 90-EC and an Olympus E-500 with a 40-150mm lens. The exposure was between 15 and 30 seconds with an ISO of 800 and an aperture of f/4.5. Your website is great!
Submitted by: Dieter.Wolf@DNSint.com [4 Nov 07]
before you leave for OO a second shot of 17P/Holmes, the comet that looks good in EVERY telescope (from big ones to the naked eye) Three days after my first shot I realized a few changes: The color was less yellowish (maybe because of missing fog and moonlight); the outer coma was more clear and a bit structured; the false nucleus was sharper. The brightness was unchanged about 2m.7 and it looked non-starlike even with the naked eye. [2007-11-01 22:00 CET; MEADE ETX-70AT with ToUCam SC1 at prime focus; 3 avi's with a total of about 300 frames exposed between 1 and 10s each; 'drizzled' in size by 1.5x] Think I stop my comet chasing now; at least for a while...
Submitted by: Paul Campbell (iamzoup@yahoo.com) [4 Nov 07]
Here is my take on this comet. Taken with my etx 125 and the sony cyber shot with a 40mm lens.
Submitted by: Hector (extremo658@yahoo.com) [31 Oct 07]
I am sending to you a picture of the Comet Homes 17P. The picture was taken in my backyard in Apodaca Nuevo Leon Mexico with a Meade ETX 125 @ F6.3 and a Canon EOS digital ISO 800 and a exposure of 30 seconds. Greetings from Apodaca Mexico,
Submitted by: Tim Wood (timwould@gmail.com) [31 Oct 07]
As of 10/30, I haven't seen any picture posts of Comet Holmes. I set up my ETX125 using a DSI with a 0.3 focal reducer and was able to get a pretty good image. I exposed at 12 seconds in FITs mode, stacked 20 images then combined the RGB in Photoshop using FITS Liberator. I really don't see much of any color like I see in some other pictures on the web but you can make out the nucleus for sure. And, this thing is BIG! This was taken in Murrieta, California at 8:30PM before the dew set in. Enjoy!
Submitted by: frank ryan jr (franksastrophotos@gmail.com) [31 Oct 07]
Here is a quick snap of Comet 17P/Holmes from the 24th of October, just a day after it was reported to be growing in size. Taken with an ETX - 125PE & Phillips Webcam. (no barlow)
Submitted by: Dieter.Wolf@DNSint.com [31 Oct 07]
though all the weekend was foggy / cloudy, when I took a final look out of my window yesterday evening (before going to bed) I saw the moon. So I quickly went outside and... Perseus was not Perseus any more - a new star was born (yes it looked more like a nova than a comet). Despite the bright moon light it was easily visible to the naked eye. Not as bright as alpha PER (1m.8) but a bit brighter than gamma PER (3m.0) so I estimated the brightness of comet 17P/Holmes to be about 2m.7 ... 2m.8 that evening. In a 10x50 binocular it looked 'strange'; you dont expect a yellowish comet. It showed a bright false nucleus sitting offset in the coma. [2007-10-28 23:15 CET; MEADE ETX-70AT with ToUCam SC1 at prime focus; 150 frames between 1 and 12 s exposure time] You see two background stars (9m / 11m) shining through the coma - a great view! Hope you all get a chance to catch it as long as the icredible outburst (from 16...17m to 2..3m!) continues.

See Comet photos from earlier in 2007 at the Guest Astrophotography - Comets page.

See Comet photos from 2006 at the Guest Astrophotography - Comets page.

See Comet photos from 2005 at the Guest Astrophotography - Comets page.

See Comet photos from 2004 at the Guest Astrophotography - Comets page.

See Comet photos from 2003 at the Guest Astrophotography - Comets page.

See Comet photos from 2002 at the Guest Astrophotography - Comets page.

See Comet photos from 2001 at the Guest Astrophotography - Comets page.

See Comet Hale-Bopp photos at the Guest Astrophotography - Comet Hale-Bopp page.

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